Merrick v. Sutterlin

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• abrogating doctrine in automobile negligence action and holding continued application of doctrine in other circumstances should be determined on case-by-case basis
• eliminating the doctrine for negligence actions against parent arising from automobile accident
• no parental immunity when a child is injured as the result of negligent driving by a parent
• no parental immunity when a child is injured as the result of negligent driving by a parent
• no parental immunity for child's injuries when injured as a result of parent's negligent driving
• no parental immunity when child injured as result of negligent driving by parent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).