colep

Hi there, New to this forum, wondering if someone can give me some information. My friend's father used to own a restaurant 4 yrs ago, has since sold it. He recently received a letter from a lawyer from a woman who is sueing him for an incident that took place 4 yrs ago,about the time when he retired/sold the business. Person claims she was at the restaurant with her friend and that her friend was overserved alcohol, they both left the bar together where they were involved in a car accident. Female passenger suffered injuries, not sure to what extent. No one contacted my friend's father till today! If the driver was charged criminally i suspect the police would have attended the restaurant & question how many drinks the guy had and to get witness statement to prove their case. Anyways, my question is; Would he still be liable 4 yrs after the fact? and if so, under what grounds? Burdon of proof is on her, with civil cases, for this woman's case to be successful what do they look for? He's worked hard all his life, now he's stressed out about something he knows very little about! He's hired a lawyer, but i'm wondering if someone can teach me something on this topic. Regards colep [email protected] EDIT: This was the Opening Post of the following redundant thread: Restaurant owner's liability - drunk driver accidents, Drunk driver gets in an accident, hurts someone, restaurant gets sued It has been merged into this current thread which discusses the same topic and the title of this thread has been changed to: title: Ontario liquor laws concerning liability sub-title: drunk driving and accidents