SJC rules underage party host not liable
The state’s highest court ruled today that teenagers who host underage drinking parties but don’t supply the alcohol can’t be held liable in a civil lawsuit if a partygoer is injured. The decision stems from a lawsuit filed by the family of Rachel Juliano, who was left permanently brain damaged when the car being driven by her then-boyfriend crashed in 2007. The boyfriend, court records show, had attended a party at the home of a 19-year-old. But that teen did not supply alcohol to the driver.
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