The appellants were injured in a motor vehicle accident caused by an impaired driver who had just left a BYOB house party hosted by the respondents.
The appellants sued the social hosts, arguing they owed a duty of care to third-party users of the highway.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, holding that social hosts do not owe a duty of care to members of the public who may be injured by an intoxicated guest's conduct, unless the host's conduct implicates them in the creation or exacerbation of the risk.
The Court found that the injury was not reasonably foreseeable and that there was no positive duty to act.
