ARD v. ARD

No. 60475.

414 So.2d 1066 (1982)

Sylvia Elaine ARD, a/k/a Elaine Clary Ard, and Allstate Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. Douglas Perry ARD, As Guardian Ad Litem for Benji Dwain Clary, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward P. Nickinson, III, of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, Pensacola, for petitioners.

John E. Venn, Jr. of Smith, Sauer & Venn, Pensacola, for respondent.

Larry Klein, West Palm Beach, for The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.


McDONALD, Justice.

The First District Court of Appeal has certified both that the following question is of great public importance and that its decision is in direct conflict with decisions of other district courts on the same question of law:1

WHETHER AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR CHILD MAY MAINTAIN A NEGLIGENCE ACTION AGAINST HIS PARENT.

We have jurisdiction.2

Benji Dwain Clary is the minor...

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