Another Steubenville

[Cardinal_Fang]

<p>From OHMom’s link:</p>

<p>"The standard of liability is knowledge, meaning that a social host who knowingly allows or knowingly fails to prevent underage consumption or possession by a guest is criminally liable. "</p>

<p>Do we have any reason to believe that Daisy’s mom knew her daughter and her friend were drinking in the middle of the night?</p>

[zoosermom]

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Zoos, if one of your kids at age 14 had sneaked alcohol into your house and shared it with a friend in the middle of the night, would you expect to know about it?

All sleepovers were in the middle of the living room and parents were in and out. No expectation of privacy. Also, we have never kept alcohol in our house, so if it got into the house, the visitor would have had to bring it in and would assume some liability.</p>

<p>But I’m not saying that she should have known, just that Ms. Coleman could be worried about liability. THat’s alll. Nothing more. No blame, no judgment.</p>

<p>

Do we have any reason to believe that Daisy’s mom knew her daughter and her friend were drinking in the middle of the night?

Who knows? Surely she didn’t know but civil liability could have a different standard.</p>

[argbargy]

<p>What would a reasonable person do? Would they monitor a 13 year old in their custody? Would they lock up the booze? Check in on them? Should they have been able to detected symptoms on teens who had been drinking for hours? Would they make sure everyone is locked in safely for the night?</p>

<p>News reports reference Melinda Coleman having an attorney during the initial phases of this investigation, so I’d imagine she consulted with him about something. </p>

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Bill Burnett, a Stanford University professor, was arrested the night after Thanksgiving over a basement party thrown by his 17-year-old son to celebrate a big high school football win.</p>

<p>Burnett said he and his wife had forbidden alcohol at the party and were upstairs at the time police received a call about possible drinking by minors. In fact, he said, he had twice made his way to the basement to check on the merry-making.</p>

<p>He spent a night in jail and was booked on 44 counts of suspicion of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Each misdemeanor count carries up to a $2,500 fine and nearly a year in jail.

[Teen</a> drinking liability laws leave parents open to lawsuits, fines and jail time | NJ.com](<a href=“http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/teen_drinking_liability_laws_l.html]Teen”>Teen drinking liability laws leave parents open to lawsuits, fines and jail time - nj.com)</p>

[Cardinal_Fang]

<p>The DA eventually dropped all charges against Bill Burnett due to a lack of evidence of any wrong-doing.</p>

[argbargy]

<p>That just proves what a powerfully connect family he is a part of.</p>