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52% + Case 2 In celebration of the end of the school year, you held a party at your home. You invited fifty of your closest friends. You provided alcohol and food for the party and many of your guests also brought alcohol and food contributions. You recently completed the world-famous Business Law class in the Dhillon School of Business at the University of Lethbridge. You found the course to be very helpful and one of the best you have taken thus far in your post-secondary education. The course also alerted you to the risks involved in holding parties at your home. As a result, you took special precautions. First, all guests were required to give you their car keys upon arrival which you put in a safe place. Second, you monitored alcohol consumption as best you could. Third, before you gave someone their keys back you assessed to the best of your ability their sobriety and only gave the keys back to drivers you believed were sober. Three incidents occurred that night that pose civil liability concerns for you. Incident 1 - One guest, Ahmed, went out onto your back deck where part of the party was being held. He was obviously drunk. He lost his balance and fell against the deck railing. The deck railing was in poor condition and gave way causing Ahmed to fall ten feet to the ground below. Had the deck railing being in good condition, it would not have given way and he would not have fallen off the deck. Ahmed broke an arm and a leg as a result of the fall. Incident 2 - Another guest, Ryan, seemed perfectly sober to you when he asked for his keys at the end of the night. Unbeknownst to you, his blood alcohol was three times the legal limit and his ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by alcohol. On his way home, he drove through a red light and struck another vehicle that was lawfully in the intersection. The collision caused serious injuries to the occupants of the other vehicle. Ryan was injured as well but survived. Incident 3 - You left the party for half an hour to go the grocery store to get more snacks for the party. During the time you were gone, a very drunk guest named Peter searched around and found where you hid the keys. He got the keys to his vehicle and drove away. He caused a motor vehicle collision and killed the other driver. Peter survived. Answer the following questions: Does Ahmed have a cause of action against you and if so, what is the cause of action? There may be more than one. Explain in detail. 4|Page The people injured by Ryan plan to sue him for negligence. The question that you must address is whether they also have a claim in negligence against you. Do they have such a claim against you? Explain in detail. Does the estate of the person killed by Peter's negligence have a claim against you? If so, for what lort? Explain in detail. For each of these three cases, explain whether you have a valid defence and if so, why? Make sure to answer each case separately as the answers may vary depending on the case
