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SCHNEIDER v. COE

405 A.2d 682 (1979)

David SCHNEIDER, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. Dwight L. COE, Plaintiff and Third-Party Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided August 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne N. Elliott and Edward P. Welch, of Prickett, Ward, Burt & Sanders, Wilmington, for third-party plaintiff, appellant.

Dennis D. Ferri, of Becker, Ferri & Otlowski, P. A., Wilmington, for third-party defendant, appellee.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., DUFFY and QUILLEN, JJ.

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

In this case, we must decide whether a parent who negligently supervises his unemancipated child can be liable for the resulting injury to his child.

I.

Mr. and Mrs. Coe, who lived on the second floor of an apartment house, were preparing to take an automobile ride with their three year old son, Andrew. The child was impatient to leave, but the parents needed a few more minutes to...

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