Bandy v. Duncan

OPINION

CONNER, Judge.

This is a case of statutory construction. We are asked to decide if defendant-appel-lee Kenneth T. Duncan can be held liable pursuant to T.C.A. § 55-7-104(d) for the actions of his son, Jeffrey Duncan, who was involved in a motorcycle-pedestrian collision resulting in the death of Richard L. Bandy, husband of plaintiff-appellant, Car-*389leen Bandy.1 The determinative issue is whether the statute’s imputation of negligence to a parent signing the so-called “Teen-Age Affidavit” applies to a minor’s operation of a motorcycle even if the minor’s driver’s license does not contain…