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Torts Fall Reading group version #3 with edits
Resource 11 . 2 . 2
16 minutes

Kelly v. Gwinnell

Samantha Bates,
Jonathan Zittrain

How does this court interpret the duty of social hosts to prevent the intoxicated from driving? A social host allowed a guest at his home to drink alcohol until the point of visible and severe intoxication. The host then allowed the guest to drive home. The intoxicated guest then got into a car accident with the plaintiff.

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