Posted by dhunter on 6/05/05

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My 16 year old son went out with his 16 yearold girlfriend
and his 18 year old cousin after work. They were given
clear instructions that the 18 year old cousin was to
drive. The 18 year old cousin told my son to take her car
and go out for a while with his girl friend because she
wanted to be alone with her boy friend. My son had taken
some pain killers earlier that night. He got in a serious
accident and his girl friend was injured. He has not been
cited yet for dui. Her medical bills will far exceed the
insurance coverage on both the cousin's car insurance and
our insurance which our son is covered on as a driver.
What is our liability as parents? Does the fact we had no
knowledge he drove the car and the cousin disobeyed the
instructions we gave her in looking out for our minor son
effect our parental liability?

Re: Parents Liability, 6/07/05, by M'sta Mikey.

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