Christopher Broadbent, a minor, by his Conservator, Phillip E. Broadbent, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Laura J. Broadbent, Defendant-Appellee, Northbrook Indemnity Company, Real Party in Interest-Appellee.

Should children be allowed to sue if their parents’ failure to supervise them led to harm?

Plaintiff—a two-and-a-half year old boy—nearly drowned in a pool and suffers severe brain damage. The defendant—his mother—had left him by the pool unattended for 5 to 10 minutes in order to answer a phone call.