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SHEEHY v. BIG FLATS CMTY.

73 N.Y.2d 629 (1989)

Margaret A. Sheehy et al., Appellants, v. Big Flats Community Day, Inc., et al., Defendants, and American Legion Ernest Skinner Memorial Post 1612, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Reed for appellants.

William S. Yaus and Patricia M. Curtin for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

TITONE, J.

Penal Law § 260.20 (4), which makes it a crime for anyone but a parent or guardian to furnish alcoholic beverages to a person who is under the legal purchase age, does not give rise to an implied private right of action in favor of such a person who has been injured as a result of his or her own consumption of alcohol. Accordingly, since recovery under traditional common-law tort principles is...

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