TOWLE v. KIMAN

No. 90-230.

134 N.H. 263 (1991)

GEOFFREY TOWLE v. MATTHEW KIMAN AND NANCY KIMAN.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

May 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark F. Sullivan, of Exeter, by brief and orally, for the plaintiff.

Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green P.A., of Manchester (Marc W. McDonald on the brief and orally), for the defendants.


BROCK, C.J.

In this appeal we are invited to revisit the question of whether we should adopt the tort of negligent supervision by parents of their unemancipated minor child. For reasons that follow, we decline the invitation.

The plaintiff, Geoffrey Towle, brings this appeal from the Superior Court's (Gray, J.) order granting a motion for summary judgment for the defendants, Matthew and Nancy Kiman. In his writ, the plaintiff sought recovery from the...

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