Keller v. Mols

Plaintiff, 14-year-old Robert Keller, while playing goalie in a game of floor hockey with his younger brother and two neighbor boys, was struck in the eye by a plastic puck shot by defendant, 13-year-old Ralph Mols, Jr. Keller, through his mother and next friend, Judith Keller, filed a complaint naming as defendants both Ralph and his parents, whose patio was the site of the game. Plaintiff claimed that defendant was negligent in shooting a hockey puck in the direction of a person who was not wearing protective equipment and that his parents were negligent in permitting neighborhood children…