The relationship of parent and child shall not bar the right of action by a person or his estate against his parent or child for wrongful death, personal injury, or property damage arising out of operation of a motor vehicle owned or operated by the parent or child.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-539.21
Abolition of parent-child immunity in motor vehicle cases
Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case Carver v. Carver (1984)
Most recently applied in SHERRY TOMEY, GUARDIAN OF THE ESTATE OF NOVALENE KENT, A MINOR v. SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, A CERTIFIED QUESTION FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS (March 2021)
1975, c. 685, s. 1; 1985, c. 201; 1989, c. 782, s. 2.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.