Smith v. Merritt

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 1997-02-28

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ABBOTT, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and GONZALEZ, CORNYN, ENOCH, SPECTOR and BAKER, Justices, join. The issue in this case is whether a social host can be liable in negligence or negligence per se for injuries resulting from the host’s provision of alcohol to a nineteen-year-old guest. 1 Because the Legis…

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