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Judith Roy brings this action against Clayton and Cheryl Currier ("the defendants") on behalf of the minor plaintiff, Rebecca Roy ("the plaintiff"). The plaintiff alleges that the defendants were negligent in permitting their son, Scott Currier ("Scott"), to care for her and that their negligence proximately resulted in her being sexually assaulted by the boy. The plaintiff has articulated three theories of recovery: negligent hosting, negligent entrustment and negligent supervision. The defendants seek summary judgment on all counts. The plaintiff objects.

The plaintiffs file this law suit seeking damages for injuries the decedent suffered as a result of a car accident involving Jane Morgan, a woman the defendants hired to assist with an engagement party at their home. The plaintiffs allege that Ms. Morgan became intoxicated at the defendants' home and thereafter caused the accident which resulted in Edna Mae Thompson's death. As a result, the plaintiffs claim the defendants are liable as social hosts, that they are vicariously liable as the employer of Ms. Morgan, and that the defendants were negligent in their supervision of Ms. Morgan. The defendants' move for summary judgment on all counts, including counts for intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress.