Johnson v. Butterworth

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The question in this case is whether the parents of an infant, too young to be deemed guilty of an offense or a quasi offense, are liable for damages for bodily injuries inflicted by the infant upon a third person, there being no charge of fault or negligence on the part of the parents.

The plaintiff avers that her occupation is that of a nurse; that she was employed by the defendant, Bruce Butterworth, to nurse his infant daughm; and that, on a certain occasion when she, the nurse, was performing the duties of her employment and attempted to take the child into her…