In a cause of action resulting from injuries to a child arising from an ATV accident, liability for ATV related injuries may result if an ATV operator is negligently entrusted in operating the vehicle and injures or kills a child as a result. Under the doctrine of negligent entrustment it is unlawful for the owner of an ATV or any person in charge or in control of an ATV to authorize or knowingly permit the same to be operated by any person who, by reason of physical or mental disability is incapable of operating the ATV. For instance, the parents of a thirteen year-old child killed on another thirteen year-old friend’s ATV while operating the ATV at her friend’s house, had a viable cause of action for negligent entrustment against the parents of the friend for entrusting their thirteen year-old son with an ATV despite the manufacturer’s warning prohibiting anyone under the age of 16 from operating an ATV. The court held that the parents were liable since they knew or should have known that their thirteen year old son would allow his friends of the same age to use it.

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