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Bar Owner Covered Up Evidence of a Patrons Injury

| Jul 9, 2014 | Premises Liability

This story not only seemed appropriate for the blog, but also struck close to home for me. A bar owner in Brighton, Mass, is facing criminal charges for covering up and hiding evidence about an injury sustained at his bar, Roggies. It struck close to home for me since every Boston College Law student in the past 10-15 years spent some time at Roggies, including myself. In a way I am sad to see the owner in such trouble, but the details of the case are truly shocking.

Apparently, a 20 year old Irish exchange student was seriously injured after falling down a flight of stairs at Roggies Bar. When the bar owner found out about the injury, he allegedly told his employees to take the victim to the back parking lot and call the police. The cops, however, were never called and the victim sat in the back parking lot with serious injuries for over a half hour until a passerby noticed him and alerted police. He finally arrived at the hospital with life threatening injuries and is lucky to be alive. To make matters worse, the owner of the bar allegedly offered to pay off witnesses regarding the incident.

It is not clear what caused the young mans fall but it likely due to negligence on the part of the bar else they would not feel the need to hide the incident. it is possible that the young man was sober and fell down a faulty stairwell, or it could be that the young man was highly inebriated when he fell down the stairs. This latter scenario would cause considerable problems for the bar since the young man was under the legal drinking age. Even for adults a bar can be held responsible for injuries sustained if the victim is over served and his or her inebriation is a direct cause of the accident or injury. When the victim is under the legal drinking age, however, any drinks served to him is negligence.

Injuries caused at a bar or nightclub can be extremely difficult but our office has a great deal of experience handling premises liability cases, dram shop cases and incidents of violence at bars or clubs leading to injury. If you or a family member was injured while at a bar or nightclub, contact our office for a free consultation.

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