Fields v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This is an appeal by appellant Freddie Mark Fields (Fields), as parent and next friend of Stephen Hunter Fields, a minor (Hunter), from an order of summary judgment granted in favor of appellee Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company (Southern Farm). Fields urges that this court should abrogate the parental-immunity doctrine altogether or, alternatively, create an exception to the doctrine where the motor vehicle accident is covered by liability insurance. We agree that a new exception to the parental-immunity doctrine is warranted under the facts of this…