Kimberly Landis and Alva Nelson v. Hearthmark, LLC

Justice KETCHUM:

The United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia presents this Court with four certified questions regarding our law on the parental immunity doctrine. Upon consideration, we have determined that reformulating the questions will allow this Court to fully address the legal issues presented.1 We answer the reformulated certified questions2 as follows:

1. In a product liability action brought for injury to a child, does the parental immunity doctrine preclude a defendant from asserting a contribution claim against the parents of the child? Answer: Yes.

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