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Party crashers
Whether a random student from the university or a ne'er-do-well from the town, both are bad ju-ju.
If a party crasher gets through and something happens - and let's suppose that the crasher is NOT involved, a plaitiff attorney will request the guest list. We have to provide it.
Plaintiff counsel will check all the names that he can against that list. If a name came up in a police report, say the crasher who wasn't involved (named Jones), the plaintiff attorney will says something like this:
"Well you say you take precautions, you say that you screen the guests and have a guest list, then explain how Mr. Jones (not listed guest) happened to be at the party and be named as a police witness?"
"I see, so your guest list procedure doesn't really keep out people who are not on the list, does it?"
Jones may not have been involved, but his presence opens the door to questioning our control procedures.
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