Pawtucket Mutual Insurance v. Lebrecht

On May 9, 1969, Roger Lebrecht, the seventeen-year-old son of the policyholders and a resident of their household, is alleged to have committed an assault on Barbara Getchell, also a minor. On February 17, 1960, Horace K. Getchell, Barbara’s father, brought an action for her, and another individually, against the policyholders, Thomas and Marjorie. The declarations in these actions allege that the defendants who had custody and control of their minor son “so conducted themselves in the care, custody, control and upbringing of said minor . . . and otherwise that through their negligence and…