Legal Opinion
Przekurat v. Torres
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 10, 2018No. 17SC15, PrzekuraPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE HART delivered the Opinion of the Court.
*513 ¶ 1 Does Colorado's dram-shop liability statute require a social host who provides a place to drink alcohol to have actual knowledge that a specific guest is underage to be held liable for any damage or injury caused by that underage guest? Concluding that the plain language of the statute is unambiguous, we hold today that it does.
I. Facts and Procedural History
¶ 2 One night in June 2011, Defendants Mitchell Davis, Samuel Stimson, Peter Stimson, and Christopher Torres threw a party at a house they were renting in Boulder to celebrate one…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Clyncke v. WanekaSupreme Court of Colorado · 2007
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3Cited by8 opinions
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