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    What happens if your guests get too merry?

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I'm back to reality.

Kelly -- is back in session on the docket today do you hear what I hear it's millions of Americans getting ready for Christmas and holiday parties from coast to coast and the ensuing lawsuits.

While one too many egg -- can often lead to some New Year's regrets if you -- the hosts.

You could face serious legal consequences if any of your guests get a little to marry.

Here to save you from that John is -- -- -- Bryan -- pull both the defense attorneys.

Our -- are preparing for this segment.

I read some of the most ridiculous recommendations I think I've ever read.

Including when you -- your big Christmas party or New Year's Eve party.

Don't serve any alcohol now that.

There may be -- small percentage of the population that thinks that's.

You know doable but the majority of Americans are gonna offer a little -- John.

How to prevent themselves from getting sued what -- -- explode.

Exposures there a couple of things.

Don't need serving your guests too much eggnog if you have a guest is really running around the lamp -- spotted head it's -- to cut him off but more importantly here's what I do every time I technicality cab company -- and when my guests come over they know that they can call that -- company I get home.

I'm -- -- I won't take sport so drink be -- have a lot of long flight and hang over the next -- -- dollar home with somebody else but not yet.

And here's the thing -- if somebody comes to your house is -- because of somebody comes to your house.

And they get intoxicated.

And then they choose to drive home and they have an accident they hurt themselves or god -- they you know hurt somebody else.

Does the victims.

Can -- you know.

Right -- it's it's -- like if you have a party and you know at at a at a bar the bar would be liable.

If that happened if you throw a private party.

At your house and you serve alcohol -- somebody they get out -- her car drive get a car accident.

You can be responsible for paying not only medical bills or possibly even money in a wrongful death case.

How do you prevent -- you -- to me while you're -- they don't get stronger they get drunk they take the cap.

Well here's got a couple suggestions for your audience -- I'm not kidding as a serious I wouldn't I would give a -- in my party called the holiday hostage party.

And what I mean by now look at you have to be yet if you have to if you have to have people stay overnight -- stay overnight -- -- lead us all -- a lot of lawsuits.

I would well -- hit.

-- -- -- -- -- The left and the the short of it is a lot of people do drink and and I don't think there's any wallets on people look at you wanna stay.

Here's a -- here's a sleeping back but I had another idea -- quick.

Put two tickets being in a little bag give those tickets to people that come -- your house put a little wrist band on her wrist and have the bartender then take their take yet.

And then snap put a little hole on the wrist band and the growing allowed to -- -- really party.

I guess I don't Jana yeah I know about Santa that -- -- -- -- could write a little.

How come -- here after two glasses of wine that's a reasonable amount for people to drink but we all -- -- holiday parties work.

Right and you're and you're only gonna have one party that like nobody's gonna show up for your next part I think a better idea is you know not when they -- and you take their -- and you take their keys and somebody had to stay sober enough to my actors who is -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- drink and -- and -- -- -- a bartender.

Because then it's on him you know I think he can kind of gets -- -- they -- they're getting to to drug now also -- to serve really cheap liquor because and then of 100 is much.

If you are employer.

Right that we just had our America live -- -- party editing your employer and you're throwing a party you need to worry about not all of these and not just all of these things.

But also somebody get feeling a little glamorous after their glasses of wine there was a case we looked at data Tennessee where some of the -- You know sort of like there was a group gift exchange included -- or edible underwear and a blow up doll and that led to a big lawsuit in a big judgment job.

Yet that can happen that the sex harassment -- waiting to happen you know important Christmas to you so you really have to you have to have rules when you're going to have an office Christmas party and I didn't exchange -- gets in my office Christmas party at me that it would Wear really ugly sweaters so that helped noble.

If I had to go home with anybody -- -- can help to make people bring the invite espouses because it we have another case of a lawsuit gotten Wisconsin where.

The -- that the boss followed the -- -- into a bathroom saying he had to have her and despite her protests even kissed and tried to have her.

And he wound up having to -- -- money -- Now.

Well but but making -- can't control people I mean people -- your party you know how it is people drink it's the holidays.

You really can't you really can't stop everything one thing I would do -- getting back to his driving under the influence issues.

Why not have people sign a waiver when they come here if you're having a party your house your office becomes final whenever -- -- a basketball only every Wednesday night -- and I have to sign every -- is.

Tuesday awaiting an interest in our in house are gonna show -- -- -- you are and I have to get some are my drinks and I have to sleep -- -- her and I think -- at all and I and I don't I don't -- losses -- I got -- -- -- -- morning.

Merry Christmas to you about an -- we'll be right.

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