THOMAS v. INMON

No. 79-339.

594 S.W.2d 853 (1980)

Christopher THOMAS, Next Friend of Bradley Davis Inmon, a Minor, Appellant, v. Frank D. INMON and Catherine Inmon, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spitzberg, Mitchell & Gill, by Brent Bumpers, Little Rock, for appellant.

Donald H. Bacon, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, for appellees.


STROUD, Justice.

This is a suit to determine if the family immunity doctrine should bar recovery by an unemancipated minor from one standing in loco parentis for injuries resulting from an unintentional tort. The trial court granted a motion for summary judgment, and we agree that the action cannot be maintained in Arkansas.

On August 7, 1974, Bradley Davis Inmon, at that time two and one-half years of age, was injured while playing in a storage room...

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