Nahas v. Noble

OPINION

CARMODY, Chief justice.

This is an appeal from a directed vedict in favor of defendant at the close of plaintiff’s case.

The question to be decided is: If an unemancipated minor child negligently injures a parent, may the parent sue the child for those injuries after the child becomes emancipated? Our answer is “No.”

Plaintiff was a passenger in an automobile owned by her and her husband, driven by the defendant at plaintiff’s request. There was a collision with another vehicle. At the time of this accident, defendant was nineteen years old, living at home with her parents. Plaintiff is…