Social Host Liability Case Study

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Prior to founding the firm, Mr. Davids was a shareholder in a larger Boston firm, representing parties in civil matters from 1983 until 1998. In 1986, Mr. Davids argued the first social host liability case in Massachusetts to the Supreme Judicial Court. He has also argued cases in both the First Circuit Court of Appeals and the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Mr. Davids has tried several cases in the state and federal courts of Massachusetts and other states. He co-authored a chapter on "The Intoxicated Driver" for a volume of the Matthew Bender treatise on Automobile Accident Law and Practice, an article regarding exclusivity provisions in commercial leases for the Retail Law Strategist and assisted in preparing the City of Boston's "Drug Prevention

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