MORGAN v. JOHNSON

No. 7421SC860.

210 S.E.2d 503 (1974)

24 N.C. App. 307

Debra Johnson MORGAN (now Sinclair) v. Evelene O. JOHNSON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrell Powell, Jr., Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellant.

Deal, Hutchins & Minor by Richard Tyndall and James C. Eubanks, III, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellee.


MARTIN, Judge.

"It has long been the rule in North Carolina that an unemancipated minor child cannot maintain an action against his parent for personal injuries negligently inflicted." Mabry v. Bowen, 14 N.C. App. 646, 188 S.E.2d 651 (1972). The present case involves an action by plaintiff against her stepmother. Plaintiff concedes that the doctrine of parental immunity extends to a stepparent...

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