Buono v. Scalia’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[W]e have found no reported decision in which Foldi has been discussed by New Jersey courts in connection with the issue of whether it immunizes parents for negligent supervision claims brought by or on behalf of persons other than their own children. Foldi of course acknowledges that policy concerns may properly drive necessary modifications of common law immunities. Despite this lack of reported authority since Foldi , the policy concerns embraced in Foldi in our view provide determinative guidance here. The Court embraced respect for differences in parenting philosophies and for the degree to which parents understand the uniqueness of their own children. Regardless of whether the person who seeks recovery for parents' apparent failure to keep their [children] from causing harm is a family member, these two policy concerns, outlined in Foldi , work to insulate Alphonse Scalia from scrutiny by judge or jury. [ Buono, supra, 358 N.J.Super. at 219-20 , 817 A. 2d 400 (footnotes omitted).]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Buono v. Scalia

2. “[o]ur decision today represents, not an attempt to expand immunity, but simply our determination that the immunity declared in Foldi embraces the claims alleged by the injured third party in this case that are said to have arisen from the negligent supervision of Michael by his father.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Buono v. Scalia