Should Hosts Be Responsible For Guests Drinking Driving ?
There’s this interesting article about parties and drinking and driving. Top court to rule whether hosts are liable for drunk driving of party guest Sun Apr 30, 01:17 PM EST OTTAWA (CP) – Here’s something to ponder before you throw your next house party, family reunion or birthday bash: If one of your guests drives home drunk and gets into an accident, are you legally liable for the resulting carnage? The Supreme Court of Canada will go a long way toward answering that question this week, in a ruling that could make people think twice about the way they socialize. At issue is a lawsuit filed by Zoe Childs, an Ottawa-area woman who was 18 years old when a drunk driver smashed into the car she was riding in early on the morning of Jan. 1, 1999. Her boyfriend Derek Dupre was killed and Childs was left a paraplegic. The driver of the other car, Desmond Desormeaux, then 39, was a self-confessed alcoholic with two previous impaired-driving convictions who had just left a New Year’s Eve party
