What is the status of parent-child immunity today?

What will be an ideal response?


Some states have chosen to abolish this immunity, particularly in cases involving motor vehicle accidents. The reason commonly given is that most suits are between a family and its insurance company and not between individual members of a family. Even in those states that have not abolished such immunity, many have allowed suit when the tort was intentional, when it involved loss of property or other pecuniary loss, when the injury occurred in the course of a business activity, when the child was legally emancipated or was a stepchild of the defendant, or when the parent-child relationship was terminated by the death of one of the parties prior to the suit. No immunity exists between siblings or in other family relationships.

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Define "securities dispute."

What will be an ideal response?

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