ALUMNI ASS'N v. SULLIVAN


524 Pa. 356 (1990)

572 A.2d 1209

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, Delta Zeta Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity v. Van Kingsley SULLIVAN and Ronald C. Unterberger v. KAPPA CHAPTER OF SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY, Sigma Chi Fraternity and Bucknell University. Appeal of Ronald C. UNTERBERGER.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Lee Shipman, James M. Sheehan, Harrisburg, for appellant.

David Lee Schwalm, Harrisburg, for appellee Alumni Ass'n, Delta Zeta Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.

Jonathan E. Butterfield, Robert A. Seiferth, Williamsport, for appellee Kappa Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity.

Robert J. Menapace, Sunbury, for appellee Sigma Chi Fraternity.

David R. Bahl, Williamsport, for appellee Bucknell University.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

The instant question under consideration in this appeal is whether a cause of action for negligence may be maintained against instant appellees for recovery of damages caused by an intoxicated minor to third parties absent any allegation that appellees served or furnished the alcoholic beverages to the minor. For the reasons that follow we agree that the complaint failed to set forth a valid cause of action against instant appellees...

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