Schneider v. Coe

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

In this case, we must decide whether a parent who negligently supervises his un-emancipated child can be liable for the resulting injury to his child.

i.

Mr. and Mrs. Coe, who lived on the second floor of an apartment house, were preparing to take an automobile ride with their three year old son, Andrew. The child was impatient to leave, but the parents needed a few more minutes to finish preparations. Mr. Coe directed Andrew to wait for them at the top of the stairs leading from their apartment down to the landing and exit from the apartment house on the first floor.…