Judge calls for change to liquor laws
Posted Mar 26, 2012 11:06 pm.
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The judge at a fatality inquiry says the province should pass a law limiting the number of drinks a person can be served in a bar.
Ronald Joseph MaCauley died in November 2007 after drinking at least 20 ounces of hard liquor in less than three hours at a hotel bar in Fort McMurray.
He had a blood alcohol level about six times the legal driving limit and later died in hospital.
The province’s gaming and liquor act currently requires bartenders stop serving liquor to patrons who appear intoxicated.
Provincial court Judge James Jacques says a hard limit also needs to be set on the amount of alcohol served over a given time period to prevent fatal drinking binges.
