COMPTON, Justice.
We awarded an appeal in this negligence case to consider the question whether, in the absence of a principal-agent relationship, parents may be liable for the malicious, intentional acts of their minor child based on the independent negligence of the parents in failing to control the child. We have examined the issue and have concluded not to impose such liability.
Appellant Anne Hunter Bell was injured severely on February 2, 1981 in the...
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