GRIESENBECK EX REL. KUTTNER v. WALKER


199 N.J. Super. 132 (1985)

488 A.2d 1038

DANA GRIESENBECK, AN INFANT BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM, BERNARD A. KUTTNER, ESQ., AND THE ESTATE OF JAMES R. GRIESENBECK, DECEASED BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, BERNARD A. KUTTNER, ESQ., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. JOHN Y.G. WALKER, JR., MARYL R. WALKER, AND THE ESTATES OF CARYL GRIESENBECK AND JAMES L. GRIESENBECK, BY THEIR EXECUTOR RICHARD ROSENBLATT, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kuttner, Toner & DiBenedetto, attorneys for appellants (Bernard A. Kuttner, on the brief).

Shanley & Fisher, attorneys for respondents (Richard E. Brennan, of counsel and on the brief; Susan M. Sharko, on the brief).

Before Judges MORTON I. GREENBERG, O'BRIEN and GAYNOR.


The opinion of the court was delivered by GAYNOR, J.A.D.

This case involves the asserted liability of a social host to third parties for the negligent acts of an intoxicated guest which are unrelated to the operation of an automobile. We decide that such liability may not be imposed in the circumstances of this case and accordingly affirm the trial court's summary judgment dismissing the complaint, although for reasons different from those relied upon by the judge...

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