Parsons v. Smithey

KRUCKER, Chief Judge.

The appellants, plaintiffs below, are appealing the judgment entered on a directed verdict in favor of the appellees, defendants below. Their claim against these defendants, parents of a minor male child, was predicated on the parents’ alleged negligence in failing to exercise proper parental control over the boy.

On the night of March 26, 1967, Michael, the defendants’ son, forced his way into Mrs. Parsons’ bedroom through a glass sliding door in the Parsons’ residence. He began beating Mrs. Parsons over the head with a hammer, she screamed thereby awakening her two…