Sale of Alcohol to Minors

If a plaintiff can establish the defendant provided alcohol to an obviously intoxicated minor, and that such action was the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injuries or death, Bus. & Prof. Code, § 25602.1, permits liability in two circumstances:

• the defendant was either licensed to sell alcohol, required to be licensed, or federally authorized to sell alcoholic beverages in certain places, and the defendant sold, furnished, or gave the minor alcohol or caused alcohol to be sold, furnished, or given to the minor; or
• the defendant was "any other person" (i.e., neither licensed nor required to be licensed), and he or she sold alcohol to the minor or caused it to be sold.

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