generally no liability at common law imposed on a social host who serves liquor to a visibly intoxicated adult guest
How later courts described this case
- generally no liability at common law imposed on a social host who serves liquor to a visibly intoxicated adult guest
- discussing Coulter v. Superior Court of San Mateo, 577 P.2d 669 (Cal. 1979); Figuly v. Knoll, 449 A.2d 564 (N.J. Super. Ct. Law Div. 1982)
- “We agree with this common law view, and consequently hold that there can be no liability on the part of a social host who serves alcoholic beverages to his or her adult guests.”
- compiling definitions of the social host doctrine utilized in various jurisdictions
Written by the judges who cited it.
Distinguished
Distinguished by Currie v. Phillips, 70 Pa. D. & C.4th 401 (2005)
The Supreme Court held that the rule in Klein is inapplicable in those situations where an adult provides a minor with alcohol.
The opinion
LARSEN, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent and in support thereof quote in full the late Mr. Justice Manderino’s dissent (joined by Mr. Justice (now Mr. Chief Justice) Roberts in Manning v. Andy, 454 Pa. 237, 242-50 , 310 A.2d 75, 77-81 (1973):