How have courts dealt with the issue of personal injury claims against parties where alcohol is served?

Sagadin v. Ripper (1985) 175 Cal.App.3d 1141 is instructive. The plaintiffs, who were under age 21, sued another young man and his parents for personal injuries the plaintiffs suffered in a car accident after they left a party at the young man's home where beer was served. (Id. at pp. 1148-1151.) The parents authorized their son to host the party in their home, and before the party began there was beer in a dispenser in the family room. (Id. at pp. 1149-1151.) Before the party, the father told his son that "if they drank any of his beer, it would have to be replaced." (Id. at p. 1149.) Business and Professions

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