Comments on: The Company Holiday Party: Mixing Work and Play https://cornerpointlaw.com/blog/risk-management/company-party-alcohol-accident/ Legal Advice + Risk Management. On Point For Your Business. Tue, 15 Dec 2020 23:27:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Stacia Hofmann https://cornerpointlaw.com/blog/risk-management/company-party-alcohol-accident/#comment-8 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 23:27:08 +0000 https://cornerpointlaw.com/?p=2348#comment-8 In reply to Jasmine McDonald.

Hello Jasmine! Thank you for asking. Under Washington law, absent unusual circumstances, an employee’s overserved guest would not be considered an agent of the employer, so the employer would not have vicarious liability. Instead, the employer could face quasi-commercial host liability.

]]> By: Jasmine McDonald https://cornerpointlaw.com/blog/risk-management/company-party-alcohol-accident/#comment-7 Fri, 20 Nov 2020 12:47:22 +0000 https://cornerpointlaw.com/?p=2348#comment-7 Hi Ms. Hofmann!
Thank you for laying out succinctly Washington law related to employer’s potential liability in furnishing alcohol.
Does the vicarious liability extend to an employee’s guest at the employer-hosted party?

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