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BENTLEY v. BENTLEY

No. 2003-SC-1051-DG.

172 S.W.3d 375 (2005)

Megan BENTLEY; and American International South Insurance Company, Appellants, v. David BENTLEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

September 22, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Steinmetz, Diane Rose Conley, Frost, Brown, Todd, LLC, Edward H. Stopher, Darryl S. Lavery, Boehl, Stopher & Graves, LLP, Louisville, Counsel for Appellants.

Bruce W. MacDonald, McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, Greenup, Counsel for Appellee.

Opinion of the Court by Justice COOPER.

In Thompson v. Thompson, 264 S.W.2d 667 (Ky.1954), our predecessor court held that a parent could not maintain an action in tort against his or her unemancipated minor child for injuries arising out of the child's negligent operation of a motor vehicle. We now conclude that we should depart from this aspect of intra-family immunity, and overrule Thompson.

Appellee, David...

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