Cochran v. David

BEATTY, Justice.

Appeal by the plaintiffs from a directed verdict in favor of the defendants. We affirm.

This case arose from an eye injury sustained by Deborah Kay Cochran, a minor who was eleven years of age at the time. She was struck in her right eye by a foreign object while her friend, Sheila Groves, also a minor, was operating a power lawnmower. Deborah had accompanied Sheila to the *1101latter’s home after school, and they had planned to spend the night at Deborah’s home. Sheila’s stepfather instructed her to mow their lawn before leaving. This was a household chore which Sheila had been…