Sheehy v. Big Flats Community Day, Inc.

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1989-06-06

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OPINION OF THE COURT Titone, J. Penal Law § 260.20 (4), which makes it a crime for anyone but a parent or guardian to furnish alcoholic beverages to a person who is under the legal purchase age, does not give rise to an implied private right of action in favor of such a person who has been injured as a result of his or her own consumption of alcohol. Accordingly, since recovery under traditional common-law…

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