Thomas Ex Rel. Inmon v. Inmon

John F. Stroud, Justice.

This is a suit to determine if the family immunity doctrine should bar recovery by an unemancipated minor from one standing in loco parentis for injuries resulting from an unintentional tort. The trial court granted a motion for summary judgment, and we agree that the action cannot be maintained in Arkansas.

On August 7, 1974, Bradley Davis Inmon, at that time two and one-half years of age, was injured while playing in a storage room at the residence of the appellees, his maternal grandparents. Bradley was burned while playing with a gasoline can that exploded and…