PARENT AND CHILD-ACTION BY PARENT FOR LOSS OF SERVICES OF CHILD-CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE OF CHILD AS A DEFENSE

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Abstract

It appears to be axiomatic with the courts that a parent cannot recover damages for the loss of services of a child, because of an injury negligently inflicted by a third person, if the child was guilty of contributory negligence. Nearly all of the decisions on this point have been reached without any reason being given for the result. Typical opinions, in which any explanation of the rule is conspicuously avoided, may be found in Chicago & G. E. Ry. Co. v. Harney, 28 Ind. 28; Dietrich v. Baltimore, etc. Ry. Co. 58 Md. 347; Cleveland C. & C. R. Co. v. Terry, 8 Ohio St. 570.

Recommended Citation

PARENT AND CHILD-ACTION BY PARENT FOR LOSS OF SERVICES OF CHILD-CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE OF CHILD AS A DEFENSE, 24 Mich. L. Rev. 592 (1926).
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