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Board: Fenway Park not to blame for fan fall; downtown bar not to blame for heroin OD

By adamg on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 10:01am

The Boston Licensing Board last week decided that Fenway Park was not to blame for a fan falling two stories down an elevator shaft after a May game and that the Green Dragon near Faneuil Hall was equally blameless for the death of a man due to an apparent heroin overdose in its men's room.

After hearings on both matters, the board ruled "no violation" in both cases.

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Comments

By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 10:15am.

It sounds like this means that they are "not to blame" in terms of violating their liquor license rules.

I'm assuming that they may be to blame if an elevator was broken/malfunctioned, but that's outside the license board jurisdiction?

By Anon on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 10:32am.

Way to think on your feet :)

By gotdatwmd on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 10:54am.

Pardon the pun, but in a situation like this you've got to cover the bases, and the licensing board probably came to their quick decision first. It'll take longer for the physical elevator ruling. They probably have to t dig through inspection records as well.

By adamg on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 3:41pm.

Yes, the board has jurisdiction because of the liquor licensing laws, but that includes ensuring a safe venue for the public - and that means considering things beyond whether somebody was overserved.

By Kaz on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 10:33am.

I think they got it right in both cases from what we've learned following along from home.

By anon on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 10:51am.

BLAME CANADA!

By Grover on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 12:57pm.

Did they issue decision explaining their findings ?

By anon on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 1:00pm.

The way you word this makes it seem like you are displeased in the decisions to not punish Fenway and Green Dragon.

By adamg on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 3:43pm.

I provided far more extensive coverage of the actual hearings last week (follow the links). So if you called up the licensing board and were told the board issued "no violation" findings, what would you have written?

By Kaz on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 4:34pm.

Board backs bar and ballpark

Licensing Board declines shafting Fenway over elevator incident; Green Dragon not under fire either

Red Sox deserve to be punished, but not for elevator fall

Green Dragon gets away with murder, convinces licensing board victim OD'd, says Herald

By Rob Not Verified on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 4:35pm.

General comment: thank you for providing coverage of these seemingly bureaucratic but important (and interesting!) hearings.