New Mexico to make gas stations liable for selling fuel to intoxicated drivers
Gas stations have a legal obligation not to sell fuel to a driver the retailer 'knows or has reason to know' is intoxicated
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Updated: 9:31 PM MDT Jul 19, 2021
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New Mexico to make gas stations liable for selling fuel to intoxicated drivers
Gas stations have a legal obligation not to sell fuel to a driver the retailer 'knows or has reason to know' is intoxicated
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Updated: 9:31 PM MDT Jul 19, 2021
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SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND A SPOKESPERSON SAID THEY WOULD NOT BINDUES’ ARREST AT THIS TIME. BE COMMENTING ON BINDUES’ ARREST AT THIS TIME. DOUG: NEA W RULING FROM THE NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT SAYS GAS STATIONS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO NOT SELL FUEL TO A DRIVER THEY KNOW IS INTOXICATED. THE DECISION CAME IN RESPONSE TO A U.S. COURT OF APPEALS CASE, WHERE A WORKER SOLD A MAN GAS, KNOWING THE PERSON WAS DRUNK. THE DRIVER THEN CRASHED INTO AN ONCOMING CAR, KILLING SOME