Legal Question in Personal Injury in Virginia

Can an incorporated High School Reunion Committee be sued, can the suit even be filed, in Virginia, for liquor liability damages incurred at or after a reunion party held in a fully insured establishment that was serving alcohol to the classmates or anybody else at the function? Do we need to buy liquor liability insurance to cover us in cases of law suits filed against us when they should have been filed against the server? We would like to avoid that if we possibly can, safely, because liquor liability insurance would be our biggest expense in a very small budget. We can either choose to ask for a cover charge or a donation. The city tax in Richmond (7%) for a cover charge doesn't bother us, but if it will effect our liability in the event of damages, we can switch legally to donations, and we have the time to to that at this point.
Thanks!

Asked on 9/24/10, 12:41 pm

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

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Any of the entitles referenced above or natural persons connected

with sponsoring or supervising the event could in theory be subject

to a lawsuit should matters go awry and someone is injured at or possibly even after the party is over (in my opinion). Of course, that in no way

implies that any such suits would necessarily be successful, only that

they could be filed(however remote the possibility).

Answered on 9/30/10, 6:32 am

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