This acctualy almost happened to my niece, so I can understand where the mother is comming from, but at the same time, my niece was younger. If you are old enough to drink you are old enough to accept responsability....isn't that what the "Legal" drinking age is for?? I think it is the bartenders responsability both moraly and legaly to cut someone off before that point....and the friends should have kept closer tabs on her (If they were really her friends anyway). But I do not think a law suit is in order. Many people die in drunk driving accidents each year and very rarely does anyone go after the source in that kind of deal. My niece was 15 years old when she drank herself into the hospital about a year ago. She was at a friends house and the alcohol was the hosts. The only reason she is still alive is because of her friends and there alertness to the fact that she was in trouble. They called her mom and 911. She spent several days passed out...they werent sure she was going to make it. In the end...my sister had every right to sue the parents and she didnt....because even at 15, she expects a level of responsability from her children, and does not hold others responsable legaly....though I will say the parents of the friends that threw the party where all but sued. In fact she went as far as to post it in the local news paper so that other parents knrew about the danger.

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	Debbie	Mar 10, 2008 06:31PM GMTMarch 10, 2008 18:31:18