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DORSEY v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 82-1662.

9 Ohio St. 3d 27 (1984)

DORSEY, GDN., APPELLANT, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO., APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Siegel Co., L.P.A., and Mr. Richard H. Siegel, for appellant.

Meyers, Hentemann, Schneider & Rea Co., L.P.A., and Mr. Henry A. Hentemann, for appellee.

CELEBREZZE, C.J.

The question before the court today is whether an unemancipated minor child may maintain a cause of action in negligence against the estate of the child's deceased parent and her liability insurance company. For the reasons to follow, we answer that question in the affirmative.

In Karam v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1982), 70 Ohio St.2d 227 [24 O.O. 3d 327], this court identified the reasons...

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