Jilani by and Through Jilani v. Jilani

I concur in the court’s decision to allow an unemancipated minor child to pursue a *674cause of action against his or her parent for the negligence of a parent in operating a motor vehicle. The doctrine of parental immunity should only be retained with respect to acts which involve a reasonable exercise of parental authority or the exercise of parental discretion in providing for the care and necessities of a child. In all other cases this judicially created doctrine should be abandoned.

In reviewing various decisions upholding the doctrine of parental immunity, I find four basic premises upon…