Turner v. Turner

McCORMICK, Justice.

In Barlow v. Iblings, 261 Iowa 713, 156 N.W.2d 105 (1968), this court made an exception to the common law right of un-emancipated minor children to sue their parents. The court held that such minors could not sue their parents for negligence torts. In the present case, plaintiffs Rick and Rob Turner sued their father, defendant Robert Turner, for damages which they alleged they sustained in an automobile accident caused by their father’s negligence. We granted interlocutory review of a trial court holding that the action is precluded by Barlow. Upon reexamination of the…