College student served 21 shots of whiskey on 21st birthday, dies from alcohol poisoning

A college fraternity brother met his friends at a local bar on the eve of his 21^st birthday.  His goal was to drink 21 shots of whiskey.  Friends bought him shots late in the evening and early into the morning after he turned 21. Although he was visibly intoxicated, the bartender continued to serve him.  He stumbled back to the fraternity house with help and passed out in his room.  When they couldn’t revive him the next morning, they rushed him to the hospital. He died from acute alcohol poisoning.  The friends who had bought him alcohol before he was of legal age and the bar were sued.  After an extensive mediation conference involving multiple parties, the bar and the friends’ homeowner’s insurance companies settled the case out of court for a significant sum.