Cole v. City of Spring Lake Park

WAHL, Justice.

The question raised by each of the four appeals we consider here is whether the legislature has preempted a common-law cause of action for negligence against a social host who furnishes liquor to an intoxicated guest where the guest later causes injury to a third party as a result of being intoxicated. Jeffrey Cole v. City of Spring Lake Park, et al., S.Ct. File No. 50835, and Candace Pilarski v. City of Spring Lake Park, et al., S.Ct. File No. 50836, consolidated by order of this court dated January 22, 1980, and argued orally, raise the additional issue as to whether a cause…