Government
May 20, 2010
Social Hosts May Face New Law
California lawmakers are working to close a loophole in state law that protects "social hosts" who provide minors with alcohol from liability when the alcohol injures or kills the minor or another person.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - A person can be held civilly liable under California law when a child breaks a bone playing in her front yard or slips and falls on her kitchen floor. When a child dies of alcohol poisoning in another parent's company, however, the same rules don't apply.
California lawmakers are working to close a loophole in state law that protects "social hosts" who provi...
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