CLAIM OF NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION CANNOT BE PREDICATED ON PARENT/CHILD RELATIONSHIP ALONE
Posted by Susan J. Levy
In Kitchens v. Harris, 2010 Ga. App. LEXIS 820 (Sept. 1, 2010), 14-year-old Defendant Shannon Kitchens invited 14-year-old Pamela Harris to a birthday party at her home. The two girls and three other friends were left unsupervised for less than an hour, during which time Defendant Shannon Kitchens took the key to her parents’ ATV. Plaintiff Pamela Harris was seriously injured when one of the other girls drove the ATV into a tree.
Plaintiffs sued Shannon Kitchens’ parents for negligent supervision and negligent entrustment. The trial court denied the parents’ motion for summary judgment but the Court of Appeals reversed.
