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WILLS v. K-MART CORP.

No. C3-83-962.

354 N.W.2d 442 (1984)

Mark WILLS, Appellant, v. K-MART CORPORATION, Defendant, Dennis Wills, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 21, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene P. Bradt, Randall W. Sayers, St. Paul, for appellant.

Jerome C. Briggs, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.

COYNE, Justice.

Plaintiff Mark Wills appeals from an order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of his father, Dennis Wills, on the basis of parent-child tort immunity. We reverse.

On October 3, 1979, 15-year-old Mark Wills was injured while splitting wood. A metal splinter from the maul Mark was using to drive a wedge purchased from K-Mart struck him in the eye; as a result Mark has lost the...

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