Snow v. Nixon

MARTIN (Robert M.), Judge.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether the allegations in the third-party complaint are sufficient to show that the injury sustained by Steffanie Annette Snow arose out of her mother’s operation of a motor vehicle so as to fall within the scope of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-539.21. Taking the allegations in the third-party complaint as true, if the child’s injury arose out of the operation of the motor vehicle, the doctrine of parent-child immunity would not bar the defendant and third-party plaintiffs claim against the child’s mother for contribution. If G.S.…