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Personal Injury & Torts

Aug. 4, 2010

Adults Who Serve Minors Liable

A bill that seeks to dismantle California's barrier preventing lawsuits against adults who knowingly provide alcohol to minors in the home passed the State Assembly and awaits the signature of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

By Ciaran McEvoy

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A bill that seeks to dismantle California's barrier preventing lawsuits against adults who knowingly provide alcohol to minors in the home passed the State Assembly and awaits the signature of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. AB 2486 the Teen Alcohol Safety Act of 2010 passed by a 67-1 vote. The bill was inspired by the December 2008 death of 17-year-old Shelby Allen of Redding, who died from alcoh...

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