Legal Opinion
Barker v. Kallash
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 5, 1984PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wachtler, J.
The question on this appeal is whether the 15-year-old plaintiff, who was injured while constructing a “pipe bomb”, can maintain a tort action against the 9-year-old defendant who allegedly sold the firecrackers from which the plaintiff’s companions extracted the gunpowder used to construct the bomb. The trial court granted summary judgment dismissing the cause of action against the defendant and his parents for alleged negligent supervision. The Appellate Division affirmed. The plaintiff has appealed by leave of this court.
*23The facts are in dispute; however,…
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