Heard May 23, 1985.
Decided July 9, 1985.
CURETON, Judge:
The respondent father commenced this action against the appellant mother for the wrongful death of the parties' unemancipated fourteen-year-old son. The mother appeals from a jury verdict against her in the amount of $100,000 and asserts that the action is barred by the doctrine of parental immunity. We agree and reverse.
On July 29, 1978, appellant Janice Loraine Timms, her husband...
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