Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 at
5:16 pm
**all names have been changed
Joe’s father filed a police report against another friend, Mary’s, parents about "supplying" alcohol to minors. Mary’s parents, however, did not buy the alcohol for the group.
I want to find out how this situation would typically play out.
This isn’t the first lawsuit that Joe’s father has filed. He has sued other of Joe’s friends for minor things such as losing Joe’s smartphone in a public setting and other situations. What will come to Mary’s parents. They didn’t buy the alcohol and they were asleep when the group of 6 college students were over. The students spent the time outside and they had a Designated Driver who drove each one home.
I’ve looked up different scenarios on the internet and majority of what I found were stories about big, loud, chaotic parties in which there were noise complaints and police intervention or the underage drinkers were involved in injuries, drunk driving, or even death. The parent’s in these situations were typically sent to court, then if found guilty, charged 0 fine and around 30 days in prison. However, each situation varies so I’m just curious about this particular issue between Joe and Mary’s parents.
My apologies, I didn’t mean to state that the students were minors. Most of them are the ages 18 or 19. I would also add that there were no accidents, injuries, drunken driving, or deaths in this situation.
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