Karam v. Allstate Insurance

This appeal requires us to determine the scope of the Ohio rule of parental immunity which bars the recovery in a tort action by a child against its parent based upon personal injuries proximately caused by negligent conduct of the parent. Appellants, in their first proposition of law, do not argue for a total abrogation of the rule, but rather urge this court to hold the rule inapplicable where, as here, the parent alleged to be negligent is deceased and liability insurance proceeds alone would be the source for the payment of any judgment granted in favor of the child.

The rule that a parent…