Can a vendor of an alcoholic beverage be held liable for injuries sustained by a customer as a result of intoxication?

In Vesely v. Sager (1971) 5 Cal.3d 153, 95 Cal.Rptr. 623, 486 P.2d 151 the court overruled prior cases and held that civil liability may be imposed upon a vendor of alcoholic beverages for providing alcoholic drinks to a customer who, as a result of intoxication, injures a third person (see 5 Cal.3d at p. 167, 95 Cal.Rptr. 623, 486 P.2d 151). With respect to the issue of proximate cause the unanimous court concluded as follows: 'To the extent that the common law rule of nonliability is based on concepts of proximate cause, we are persuaded by the reasoning of that cases that have abandoned that rule. The decisions

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