COULTER v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 23667.

21 Cal.3d 144 (1978)

577 P.2d 669

145 Cal. Rptr. 534

JAMES STEWART COULTER et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN MATEO COUNTY, Respondent; SCHWARTZ & REYNOLDS & CO. et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

April 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Dahl, Hefner, Stark & Marois, C. Afton Moore III and Judy R. Campos for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Thornton, Taylor & Downs and Jerome F. Downs for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

We consider whether the noncommercial suppliers of alcoholic beverages may be liable to third persons injured by reason of the intoxication of the consumer of those beverages. We will conclude that a social host who furnishes alcoholic beverages to an obviously intoxicated person, under circumstances which create a reasonably foreseeable risk of harm to others, may be held legally accountable to those third...

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