A person other than a licensee or an employee of a licensee acting during the employee's working hours or in connection with such employment is not liable in damages to any person who is injured, or to the survivors of any person killed, or for damage to property, which is alleged to have been caused in whole or in part by reason of the furnishing or serving of spirituous liquor to a person of the legal drinking age.
A.R.S. § 4-301
Liability limitation; social host
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Bruce v. Chas Roberts Air Conditioning, Inc. (1990)
Most recently applied in Henning v. Montecini Hospitality, Inc. (December 2007)
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Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.