James Campbell

DECISION & ORDER On February 22, 1986, the plaintiff, James Campbell, an off-duty New York City police detective, attempted
to dissuade a young man from urinating in public. The young man began punching Detective Campbell, but was pulled away by
a group of bystanders. However, a friend of the assailant came up to Detective Campbell and hit him in the face; at that point,
a number of the bystanders grabbed Detective Campbell and threw him up against a car. As a result, he allegedly suffered injuries
which forced him to retire from the police force. Detective Campbell commenced the instant action against Lorenzo's Pizza Parlor, Inc., and its owner, claiming, inter alia,
that the defendants had violated the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 65(2) and the Dram Shop Act (General Obligations Law
§ 11-101) by negligently serving alcoholic beverages to the two assailants who were visibly intoxicated. His wife asserted
a cause of action to recover damages for loss of consortium and loss of services.