Mauk v. Mauk

The issue presented in this case is whether an unemancipated minor child may be held liable to his parent in tort.

Although we have not previously addressed this precise question, the doctrine of parental immunity was expressly approved by this court in Teramano v. Teramano (1966), 6 Ohio St. 2d 117 [35 O.O.2d 144], paragraph one of the syllabus. Generally speaking, the rule operates to preclude an unemancipated minor child from maintaining an action in tort against his parent. Id.

Teramano was followed, and a detailed analysis of the development of parental immunity undertaken, in Karam v.…