FOLDI v. JEFFRIES


93 N.J. 533 (1983)

461 A.2d 1145

JENNIFER FOLDI, AN INFANT BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM, HERBERT M. KORN, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. DORSIE G. JEFFRIES AND FLORENCE JEFFRIES, DEFENDANTS, AND MICHAEL FOLDI AND BERNADINE FOLDI, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Jerome Jabbour argued the cause for appellant (Lucid, Jabbour, Pinto & Rodgers, attorneys).

Donald S. McCord, Jr., argued the cause for respondents (O'Donnell, McCord & Leslie, attorneys).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by GARIBALDI, J.

Today we return to the thorny problem of ascertaining the parameters of the doctrine of parent-child tort immunity. Specifically, we consider whether the doctrine of parental immunity bars recovery by an unemancipated minor for personal injuries arising from an accident attributable to her mother's negligent lack of supervision. Resolution of this question requires us to decide whether to continue to apply our...

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