Legal Opinion
Todd v. Dow
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 5, 1993No. B069382PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
YEGAN, J.
Here we decide whether parents are liable in tort because their adult son negligently shot a cousin with his own firearm. The victim, David Todd, appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of respondents, David Dow and Carol Dow (parents). The issue presented is whether parents breached a duty of care by not controlling their son’s use of a firearm. We affirm the grant of summary judgment.
This action stems from a shooting that took place in San Luis Obispo. On August 22, 1989, Dennis Dow (Dennis) took his Springfield rifle that was stored at his parents’ house in Sonoma…
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