Holodook v. Spencer

These three cases, which we consider together, present in varying contexts the issue whether a parent may be held liable for failure to adequately supervise an infant child. This fundamental question has not previously been resolved by this court because two procedural doctrines have prevented our direct consideration of the underlying substantive tort issue. The court-created intrafamilial immunity doctrine prevented our reaching the question in situations where the injured child sued his parent directly. Where the child sued a third party *40for negligence, the defendant was barred by statute1…