Pour Choices: When a Party Turns into a Lawsuit
From Civil Banter by Hamish Mills-McEwan, Stanford Cummings
August 6, 2025 · 20 min · Season 1 · Episode 9
About this episode
The episode explores the concept of social host liability and the responsibilities of party hosts when guests overindulge.
In this episode, civil litigators Hamish Mills-McEwan and Stanford Cummings dig into social host liability - the legal concept that asks whether party hosts (as opposed to bars or venues) can be held responsible when guests overindulge and something goes wrong.
Topics covered
- social host liability
- party hosts
- legal responsibility
- civil litigation
Keywords
- lawsuit
- overindulgence
- legal concept
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