SB 5873 - DIGEST

 

     Declares that a social host who furnishes alcohol is civilly liable to any injured individual or his or her estate for injury to such individual or damage to property suffered, including any action for wrongful death, when the intoxication of the person to whom the social host furnished alcohol was a proximate cause of the injury, death, or property damage and:  (1) It is proven that the social host knew or reasonably should have known that the person to whom he or she furnished alcohol was intoxicated; and

     (2) the civil action is commenced within one year of the date of furnishing the alcohol.