REEDER v. DANIEL

No. 00-0523.

61 S.W.3d 359 (2001)

Tyler REEDER, Petitioner, v. Andrew Paul DANIEL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided November 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan C. Allen, Ernest W. Boyd, Mehaffy & Weber, Beaumont, for Petitioner.

Nathan Lee Reynolds, Port Arthur, for Respondent.


Justice ENOCH delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice BAKER, Justice JEFFERSON, and Justice RODRIGUEZ join.

Seventeen-year-old Jeff Lawson struck and injured Andrew Daniel after drinking beer at a party that Tom and Pam Reeder's teenage son Tyler hosted. We must decide whether Daniel may recover against Tyler, as a social host, for injuries Lawson caused. The court of appeals recognized a negligence per se civil cause of action...

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