"Social Host" Liability Costs $150,000

Social Host Liability and Auto Accident Case Settles for Total of $150,000

Our client was a junior in high school who attended a keg party at the home of another high school student while the student’s parents were not at home. An obviously intoxicated underage boy left the party with his girlfriend. With his car screeching and swerving as he was driving away, he hit and injured our client. The parents, the owners of the property, were sued for “social host liability.” The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the case. Attorney Pellegrino successfully defeated the defendants’ motion to dismiss by arguing that the alcohol was supplied by the defendants because their daughter was charging money for each beer poured, and that cups and utensils from the home were used.

Result: Our client prevailed on the summary judgment and subsequently prevailed in her lawsuit and was awarded substantial monetary damages. After the defendants’ motion to dismiss was defeated, the insurance company settled for our client.

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