Fullmer v. Tague

NEUMAN, Justice.

This appeal concerns the aftermath of a high school graduation party at which keg beer was provided for the underage celebrants. After leaving the party, eighteen-year-old Joshua Fullmer was killed when the car in which he was a passenger spun out of control and slid down an embankment adjoining Highway 67 south of Le-Claire. The car’s driver, Jerry McLaughlin, had been drinking at the party and registered a .149 blood alcohol concentration after the accident.

Linda Fullmer, Joshua’s stepmother and administrator of his estate, sued the underage host of the party, James Tague…