Yes. New Jersey’s dram shop law extends to social hosts. Thus, if you are injured in a Cherry Hill drunk driving accident by a motorist who was drinking at a friend’s house before the accident, you may be able to pursue a claim against both the drunk driver and their friend.
To establish a DUI accident claim against a social host, you do not need to prove that the drunk driver was “visibly intoxicated.” Instead, you can succeed in this claim by showing that the social host provided alcohol to the drunk driver “under circumstances manifesting reckless disregard of the consequences.”