Action against parent for willful injury to person or property by minor—Monetary limitation—Common law liability preserved
Revised Code of Washington
Section: 4.24.190
Jurisdiction: WA
Bluebook Citation: Wash. Rev. Code § 4.24.190
The parent or parents of any minor child under the age of eighteen years who is living with the parent or parents and who shall willfully or maliciously destroy or deface property, real or personal or mixed, or who shall willfully and maliciously inflict personal injury on another person, shall be liable to the owner of such property or to the person injured in a civil action at law for damages in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars. This section shall in no way limit the amount of recovery against the parent or parents for their own common law negligence.
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