Ulwick v. DeChristopher

This case raises the issue whether a social host may be held liable in tort for injuries caused to a third person by an intoxicated guest at the host’s party where it appears that the host neither served nor provided liquor to *402the guest. A judge of the Superior Court concluded, as matter of law, that there was no liability on the part of the social host, the defendant, Matthew DeChristopher, and granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment.1 The plaintiff appealed, and we transferred the case to this court on our own motion. We affirm the judgment.

The relevant facts established for…