Oregon High Court: Injured Woman Can Sue Employer For Pressuring Her To Drink

Mealey's (March 25, 2019, 7:50 PM EDT) -- SALEM, Ore. — A company and an employee accused of pressuring a receptionist to drink at a happy hour are immune from liability for their conduct as “social hosts” but are not immune as an employer and supervisor, the Oregon Supreme Court held March 14 in litigation over serious injuries the receptionist sustained in an accident she caused when she later drove while intoxicated (Ashley Schutz v. La Costita III Inc., et al., Nos. S065638 and S065639, Ore. Sup., 2019 Ore. LEXIS 159)....