BLAW 3201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chief Operating Officer, Insanity Defense, Small Claims Court
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Social host liability case: while people are at your home you have to make sure no ill comes to them that you could"ve easily corrected. In la as in many states there is social host immunity: you cannot be sued if the person someone driving while intoxicated is of age. Sabrina was a minor, texas has a statute as do many states that makes it criminally who hurt negligent to make alcohol available to a minor. Parents lost 17 yr old daughter sabrina when she went to a party of freezenhon. Too much to drink, drove home died in single car accident. Not a criminal case, no evidence of charges (no government official involved) The parents initiated the law suit civil suit. Civil law suit: matter between 2 private citizens initiated by one of them in the form of a complaint. Complainer plaintiff (want pmt for damages/relief for a loss) ryans (sabrina"s parents)
