What is the common law rule of nonliability of a social host?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Montgomery v. Orr, 130 Misc.2d 807, 498 N.Y.S.2d 968 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1986):
The court in Edgar v. Kajet, 84 Misc.2d 100, 375 N.Y.S.2d 548 2 summed up the common law rule of nonliability of a social host and the reasons for it at page 101:
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