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Son of Nebraska Man Who Died Wants Bars Held Liable for Overserving

liquor-salesOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The son of a man who died after fracturing his skull at an Omaha bar says Nebraska should hold bars liable for injuries and deaths caused by drunken customers.

Michael Drahota fell in the bar’s bathroom and slipped into a coma after drinking over six hours in January. He died two months later. State law doesn’t cover overserving adults, unlike Iowa and many other states’ so-called “dram shop” laws.

Drahota’s son, Mike Drahota Jr., says he’s working to get a new dram shop law introduced during next year’s legislative session.

The bar was given a 20-day suspension of its liquor license by the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission. The bar’s manager says it will avoid the suspension by paying $2,000 in fines.

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