Many employers and fundraisers alike use golf as a way to make money and entertain. Golf, like many participation sports in this country, does not stand on its own. Many people take part in golf events, not to hit that little white-dimpled ball, but to drink and party. If that drinking and partying gets out of control, resulting in injury to others, the question may be posed: when does the law step in?

In Klar v. Dairy Farmers of America, 2021 Pa. Super. LEXIS 729, (Dec. 17, 2021) (Judith Ference Olson, J.), the issue was whether: an unlicensed company-employer who provides an uncontrolled amount of alcohol to a visibly intoxicated employee in exchange for remuneration is liable to a third party who sustains personal injuries as a result of the actions of the intoxicated employee; and an unlicensed company-employer who provides an uncontrolled amount of alcohol to a visibly intoxicated employee, in exchange for remuneration, may be considered a "social host," despite the fact that it does not sell alcohol as a going concern operating on commercial principles and the alcohol was presumably furnished without profit or other indicia of commercial sale?