Court of Appeals of New York

Defendant's negligence was the proximate cause of plaintiff's accident while riding an all-terrain vehicle that jury found defendant negligently entrusted to his son, since parent owes a duty to protect third parties from clearly foreseeable harm that is from the child's improvident use or operation of a dangerous instrument, where such use is found to be subject to the parent's control.

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• Decided 02/13/2001
• Published 02/13/2001

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• Court of Appeals of New York

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