abolishing blanket immunity doctrine in toto with no exceptions
How later courts described this case
- abolishing blanket immunity doctrine in toto with no exceptions
- abolishing parent-child immunity without reservation
- parental immunity abolished entirely
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Locher, J.,
dissenting. For the reasons expressed in my concurring opinions in Bonkowsky v. Bonkowsky (1982), 69 Ohio St. 2d 152, 154 [ 23 O.O.3d 188 ], and Mauk v. Mauk (1984), 12 Ohio St. 3d 156, 159 , as well as those stated by Chief Justice Celebrezze in the instant case, I must dissent. The abrogation of familial immunity will do irreparable harm to one of the fundamental institutions of our society: the family unit. The rationales supporting this immunity remain viable today.