In all actions for negligence in the operation of a motor vehicle, and in all actions accruing on or after October 1, 1979, for negligence in the operation of an aircraft or vessel, as defined in section 15-127 , resulting in personal injury, wrongful death or injury to property, the immunity between parent and child in such negligence action brought by a parent against his child or by or on behalf of a child against his parent is abrogated.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-572c
Parent-child immunity abrogated in certain negligence actions
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case Frye v. Frye (1986)
Most recently applied in 24 F. Supp. 3d 155 - Munn v. Hotchkiss School (June 2014)
(1967, P.A. 596, S. 1; P.A. 79-5.) History: P.A. 79-5 removed obsolete reference to actions accruing after July 1, 1967, for negligence in operation of motor vehicle and applied…
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