Burkhart v. Harrod

110 Wn.2d 381 (1988)

755 P.2d 759

LINDA SUE BURKHART, as Personal Representative, ET AL, Appellants,

v.

GARY HARROD, ET AL, Respondents.

No. 52839-0.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 5, 1988.

Royce A. Ferguson, Jr., for appellants.

Reed, McClure, Moceri, Thonn & Moriarty, by William R. Hickman, Pamela A. Okano, and Karin L. Nyrop, for respondents.

DURHAM, J.

Under this state's common law, commercial furnishers of alcohol who serve "obviously intoxicated" customers can be held liable for damages caused by that intoxication. We are asked to extend this principle to impose liability on hosts…