Undoubtedly one of the most challenging aspects of any dram shop claim is proving that an adult of legal drinking age was already intoxicated when they were served alcohol. Virtually every establishment will claim that they had no idea how drunk the person actually was, whether true or not. In such cases, intoxication may be proven through a combination of direct and circumstantial evidence. Farris, Riley & Pitt, LLP may be able to obtain bar tabs that show exactly how much alcohol was consumed and the time period in which it was consumed. Toxicology experts can testify as to how such amounts should have been indicative of intoxication. In other cases, witnesses may have seen the drunk driver while they were at the establishment and can offer similar testimony.