WITTER EX REL. WITTER v. LEO


269 N.J. Super. 380 (1994)

635 A.2d 580

ERIC M. WITTER, AN INFANT BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, ROSE MARIE WITTER, AND ROSE MARIE WITTER, INDIVIDUALLY, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. DIANE M. LEO, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian D. Drazin argued the cause for appellants (Drazin and Warshaw, attorneys; Mr. Drazin, of counsel; Pamela J. Collins Longhi, on the brief).

Frank E. Borowsky, Jr., argued the cause for respondent (Monte & Marriott, attorneys; Mr. Borowsky, on the brief).

Before Judges BRODY, STERN and KEEFE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BRODY, P.J.A.D.

This personal-injury action is based on the claim that defendant Diane Leo negligently failed to provide reasonable supervision for her 16-year-old son Jeffrey when she left him home alone. While defendant was gone for the day to take a sick friend to Connecticut for a visit, Jeffrey threw a beer party in the course of which one of his guests, plaintiff Rose Marie Witter's 16-year-old son Eric, severely injured...

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