CARTER v. KEARSE

53858.

142 Ga. App. 251 (1977)

235 S.E.2d 755

CARTER v. KEARSE et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam F. Lowe, III, David R. Autry, for appellant.

Dunaway, Haas & Broome, John A. Dunaway, Al Bridges, for appellees.


WEBB, Judge.

Is a parent responsible under the family purpose doctrine for the negligence of his or her minor child while riding a bicycle? That is the question presented in counterclaims by the mother of a minor who while driving her mother's automobile had a collision with a bicycle ridden by another minor.

Somewhat similar questions were certified by this court to the Supreme Court in Calhoun v. Pair, 197 Ga. 703 (30 S.E.2d 180) (1944) (ibid., 71...

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