Estate of Hernandez v. Bd. of Regents

OPINION

FELDMAN, Chief Justice.

We review a court of appeals opinion affirming summary judgment for defendants. The trial court held that A.R.S. § 4-312(B) immunizes a social host from liability for serving alcohol to a minor who became intoxicated and injured an innocent third party. The court of appeals affirmed. Estate of Hernandez v. Arizona Board of Regents, 172 Ariz. 522, 838 P.2d 1283 (Ct.App.1991). It held A.R.S. § 4-312(B) severable from A.R.S. § 4-312(A), which we declared unconstitutional in Schwab v. Motley, 164 Ariz. 421, 793 P.2d 1088 (1990). The court of appeals also found that…