The complaint charged, inter alia, negligence in permitting the infant defendant to obtain possession of and play with the lighter, termed an "inherently dangerous object". The jury found no cause of action against the infant or his father, who was not at home at the time of the accident, and awarded damages against the mother, apparently on the ground of failure of supervision. Insofar as her actual and immediate supervision of the child at play is concerned, the...
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