No social host who furnishes any alcoholic beverage is civilly liable to any injured person or injured person's estate for any injury suffered, including any action for wrongful death, or property damage suffered because of the intoxication of any person due to the consumption of the alcoholic beverage.
S.D. Codified Laws § 35-11-2
Social hosts not liable
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Wegleitner v. Sattler (1998)
Most recently applied in Wegleiter v. Sattler (August 1998)
Source: SL 1985, ch 295, § 3; SL 2008, ch 37, § 208.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.