Broadwell Ex Rel. Broadwell v. Holmes

OPINION

REID, Chief Justice.

This case presents for review the judgment of the Court of Appeals dismissing a suit on behalf of two unemancipated minor children against their mother for personal injuries to one child and for the wrongful death of the other child. The children were injured while riding as passengers in an automobile operated by the mother. The trial court found that the complaint did not state a cause of action, and the Court of Appeals affirmed.

This Court granted permission to appeal in order to re-examine the parental immunity doctrine, first adopted in this state in McKelvey…