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T.A. v. ALLEN

447 Pa.Super. 302 (1995)

669 A.2d 360

T.A., Individually and B.A. and H.A., Minors, by their guardian Meryl Kramer v. Eugene ALLEN and Elizabeth Ann Allen, his wife, Debbie Allen. Appeal of Elizabeth Ann ALLEN.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 20, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cathie J. Fagan, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Dennis St. J. Mulvihill, Pittsburgh, for T.A., B.A. and H.A., appellees.

Before ROWLEY, President Judge, and CAVANAUGH, WIEAND, McEWEN, OLSZEWSKI, BECK, TAMILIA, FORD ELLIOTT and SAYLOR, JJ.

WIEAND, Judge.

Does a tenancy by the entireties of a residence create a special relationship which, under Restatement (Second) of Torts § 315, imposes a duty upon a wife to protect the husband's minor licensees against the husband's criminal or tortious conduct? The trial court held that a wife owed a duty of reasonable care to protect her husband's grandchildren (by a prior marriage) from sexual abuse by the children's grandfather, and a jury awarded damages...

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