Torts Fall Reading group version #2

Resource 11 . 1 . 2

9 minutes

Broadbent v. Broadbent

Samantha Bates,

Jonathan Zittrain

Should children be allowed to sue if their parents’ failure to supervise them led to harm? Plaintiff—a two-and-a-half year old boy—nearly drowned in a pool and suffers severe brain damage. The defendant—his mother—had left him by the pool unattended for 5 to 10 minutes in order to answer a phone call.

Arizona Supreme Court

184 Ariz. 74, 907 P.2d 43

No. CV-93-0378-PR

1995-11-14

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