No, California is not the only state to have one, 42 of the the 50 states also have some version of this type of law.
Dram shop laws are established at the state level.
That is absolutely correct. Dram shop refers to any specific bar, restaurant or store selling liquor or alcoholic beverages and the Dram Shop Act means the full liability of those dram shop to the person who bought the product to them when something bad happened to them.
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Yes, the Oregon Dram Shop Act was passed in 1913. It was later modified, repealed, and replaced by O.R.S. 30.950, which is the current "Dram Shop Act." http://www.leg.state.or.us/01orlaws/sess0500.dir/0534ses.html
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i am in the market for opening a bar in rochelle Illinois and i am wondering if ogle county bars have to have dram shop liability.
The Dram Shop Act is the ability to sue the person or bar that sold the drunk person that caused the injury.http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/dram-shop-laws-social-host-liability-alcohol-related-accidents-illinois.html
SC does not have Dram Shop Laws in the strictest sense of the phrase, but S.C. Code Ann. § 61-4-580 describes the laws that you are looking for.
the seller can be sued by the individual if they were injured
Laws that allow someone hurt by a drunk to sue the shop that sold the drunk the liquor.