Legal Principle: Where the parents of a minor child due to their negligence allow the child an opportunity to commit a tort, the parents are liable. Factual Situation: The father supplied an air gun to his son who was about to turn 18 next month. After some complaints of mischief, the father took the gun away and placed it in a corner of their storeroom, which was used by the family to store surplus and other unnecessary stuff. The son took it out of the store and shot A. A sued his father. Is the father liable? Decision:

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Legal Principle: Where the parents of a minor child due to their negligence allow the child an opportunity to commit a tort, the parents are liable. Factual Situation: The father supplied an air gun to his son who was about to turn 18 next month. After some complaints of mischief, the father took the gun away and placed it in a corner of their storeroom, which was used by the family to store surplus and other unnecessary stuff. The son took it out of the store and shot A. A sued his father. Is the father liable? Decision:






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