
Quoting
PandorasBox
That is my TIPS training, that even serving a drunk a glass of water can be considered as having served him.
Let's say John Doe goes to X Roadhouse, gets trashed.....comes to Y Bar....I serve him a water. Again, technically, I have served him. He gets into an accident, kills 4 people. That family can sue both of us, even though I only gave him water. So it's just best to not serve him period.
That training also showed a drunk couple coming into a restaurant and the hostess refusing seating. Again, once you have let them in, you open yourself to liability.