This question is determined by New Jersey's state laws. The laws that apply are usually called "Dram Shop laws." In most states, if an employer serves alcohol at a company sponsored social event to an employee who then becomes inebriated and who subsequently causes an accident with a third party while driving home, the employer can be held liable for the damages that the third party suffers, so long as the evidence shows that the employer knew or had reason to know both that the employee was becoming inebriated, and that the employee was driving a car. Check with a New Jersey lawyer.
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