UT: Children Under the Age of 5 Cannot Be Liable for Negligence
The Utah Supreme Court recently adopted a bright-line cutoff for liability for negligent children, following R3 by setting the limit at 5 years old. The case involved a 4 year old who threw a rubber dolphin at his babysitter. Unfortunately, the dolphin hit the babysitter in the eye. She had just had a cornea transplant and the accident blinded her. The Volokh Conspiracy has the story.
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