OWENS v. OWENS

No. WD 46698.

854 S.W.2d 52 (1993)

Cathy C. OWENS, et al., Appellants, v. James Campbell OWENS, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

June 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Hobson, Ronald J. Stites, Stites, McIntosh & Knepper, Kansas City, for appellants.

Richard F. Modin, Philip R. Holloway, Miller, Dougherty & Modin, Kansas City, for respondent.

Before LOWENSTEIN, C.J., and TURNAGE and BRECKENRIDGE, JJ.


LOWENSTEIN, Chief Judge.

The question raised in this case is whether parents may sue their eighteen-year-old son for injuries sustained in a car accident allegedly caused by their son's negligence. Cathy Owens filed a suit against her son and sought damages for his negligent operation of a vehicle. Her son, James C. Owens (James Owens), raised the defense of parental immunity in his answer. He then filed a motion for summary judgment. Soon afterward, James Owens'...

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