Weisbart v. Flohr

—This case involves a tort committed by a seven-year-old boy, Dean Flohr, against Dawn Weisbart, a five-year-old girl neighbor. The plaintiff sued the boy on two theories, alleging

1) that he was negligent, and

2) that he was guilty of a battery.

The plaintiff also sued the parents, Lorraine Flohr and Robert Flohr, on the theory that they were negligently responsible for the wrong done by their son in that they did not properly restrain his use of the bow and arrow which caused the damage.

While the appeal was taken from the entire judgment, nothing was said in the briefs or in the oral argument…