The Boston Globe reports that The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled yesterday that teenagers who host parties but do not provide alcohol to their guests cannot be found responsible in a civil suit if a guest were to suffer injuries and attempt to bring a claim against the teenaged host.
The SJC maintained that the current social host law concerns a host that either supplies alcohol to one’s guests or has effective control over the supply of alcohol at the party. A teen host who does not provide alcohol to his or her guests, nor controls the supply of alcohol at the party, cannot be held liable under the law.
This ruling was unanimous among the Justices, who pointed out that amending the current law would create confusion for the legal system and further commented that there is no clear consensus on teenage host liability in the U.S. to draw from.
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