Adams v. DeBusk

SOMERVILLE, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Michael R. Adams, a minor, by next friend, and plaintiff Mary Bratten, his natural mother, brought an action in two counts seeking money damages due to the alleged negligence of defendants Billy M. DeBusk and Gloria DeBusk (husband and wife).

Count I sought money damages on behalf of the minor and Count II, a derivative action, sought damages on behalf of the natural mother of the minor for loss of services and medical expense. Defendants’ answer was in effect a denial of the allegations of negligence accompanied by a general plea of contributory…