Legal Question in Personal Injury in Virginia
Parents legal responsiblity
Are parents legally responsible for injury caused by their children?
Relates to injury caused in junior hocky game.
Asked on 11/10/06, 10:14 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson
Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson
Re: Parents legal responsiblity
The general rule is that parents may be held responsible only for what the law call the willful torts (deliberate civil wrongs)committed by their children who are over 14 years of age.
(It is unlikely that an injury received by a child in a hockey game would qualify as such a tort.)
Answered on 11/11/06, 11:16 am
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