Barranco v. Jackson

Justice Brock and I respectfully dissent from the majority’s disposition of this case. Plaintiff has asked this Court to reexamine the doctrine of parental immunity. After careful study, two members of this Court are of the opinion that the application of the doctrine, adopted in Tennessee in 1903, should be restricted. The policy considerations which have been relied upon in the past in support of the doctrine of parental immunity have either been completely eroded and rendered invalid or have no application in the context of the facts involved in the instant appeal.

The majority opinion in…