if a minor(20 or younger)?

Question

if a minor walks into a liqour store and accidentaly drops a bottle of liqour and breaks it, can the manager of the store force him to buy or pay for the broken bottle?

Answer 1

Humm thats a good question. I would say yes he can ask you to give him some money, but I don't know if they would even bother. Like if you are in the store with your parents or someone of age. It was just an accident.

To the other person. I use to go into Liquor stores when I was like 9 when my parents would pick up wine. No one arrested me for being in there or looking at the bottles. Geesh

Answer 2

Most likely they would just have you arrested for being the store in the first place. But seriously, most stores have a budget for broken bottles. So unless you were doing it on purpose then I'd say would just kick you out.

Answer 3

most of you are wrong. first of all, in most liqour stores, they also sell soda's, gum and other items that are available to minors, so i minor could not be pressed for any charges being in a liqour store unattended. second, a minor picking up a bottle of alchohol from a store shelf is not in possesion of it. they are in possesion of it outside of the store. third, he could have just walked by it and his shirt could have got caught on the top of the bottle and knocked it down. fourth, the store owner would just make him pay for the cost to replace the bottle of alcohol, not the bottle itself. so this situation could defnitely take place, with no illegal action.

Answer 4

I'd say no, because he can't legally allow that person to give money for alcohol.

Answer 5

Yes - and this is LEGAL because the minor can will be ARRESTED for destruction of property if they refuse to pay ;););)

Answer 6

why would the minor be in the liquor store? if he was holding the bottle shouldnt he be arrested? minor in possession?