Lasley v. Hylton

PRESENT: All the Justices TABITHA LASLEY, A MINOR, OPINION BY BY JUANITA LASLEY, HER NEXT FRIEND, JUSTICE WILLIAM C. MIMS ET AL. October 31, 2014 v. Record No. 132048 DANIEL HYLTON FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BOTETOURT COUNTY Larry B. Kirksey, Judge In this appeal, we consider the legal duty that a host owes to a child social guest when the child's parent is present and supervising the child. I. BACKGROUND AND MATERIAL PROCEEDINGS BELOW Over Labor Day weekend of 2008, Daniel Hylton ("Hylton") hosted a cookout for friends and neighbors at his property in Botetourt County, Virginia. Among his…