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‘No boys in cars’

By Deborah Elkins
Published: November 9, 2009

Parents who host a teenage guest have a duty of care that can encompass overseeing the guest’s ride in another teen’s car, under a decision issued in July by the Supreme Court of Virginia. The high court did not back off from that holding when it re-released Kellermann, Adm’r v. McDonough (VLW 009-6-098) on Nov. 5. Last ...
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