{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-6-5-71.1","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 6-5-71.1","heading":"Legislative Intent.","body":"It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting Act 2023-25 to provide a new standard of liability for damages resulting from intoxication due to alcoholic beverages. To the extent that McIsaac v. Monte Carlo Club, Inc., 587 So. 2d 320 (Ala. 1991), enunciated a strict liability standard, it is the intent of the Legislature to repeal that standard and replace it with the new standard provided in Act 2023-25. It is not the intent of the Legislature for any provision of Act 2023-25 to alter or amend Section 6-5-70 or 6-5-72, nor is it the intent of the Legislature to broaden liability to social hosts for serving alcoholic beverages to an individual 21 years of age or older.","path":["Title 6 Civil Practice.","Chapter 5 Actions.","Article 6 Illegal Liquor and Drug Sales; Penalties."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=6-5-71.1","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:54Z","sha256":"75200143677deffb6333e2f0ae00082b8cf665073476828ebea42f0c171cac9a","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-6-5-72","next":"us-al/ala.-code-6-5-90"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}