Dennis v. Walker

OPINION

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

The question presented in .this case is whether a defendant sued by a minor for personal injuries claimed to .have been caused by the defendant’s negligence may maintain a claim for contribution against the plaintiff’s parents, on the ground that the parents were joint tort feasors in that their negligence was also one of the proximate causes of the plaintiff’s injuries.

The question arises out of the following facts. The minor plaintiff Tyresa Dennis was a passenger in an automobile driven by her mother, the plaintiff Dorothy L. Dennis, and owned by her father,…