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BILL E. FOWLER et al., Plaintiffs, v. BENJAMIN ATTENBOROUGH, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. HAROLD E. FOWLER et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is denied, and the third-party complaint is reinstated.

The court erred in dismissing the third-party complaint asserted against the infant plaintiff's parents. The basis of the allegation of liability was not negligent supervision of their child (see, Holodook v Spencer, 36 N.Y.2d 35), but rather negligent supervision and control over the guests on their premises, some of whom were underage and drinking beer provided by the son of the third-party defendants. "`[A] child * * * has a viable cause of action against its parent[s] based on the parent[s'] negligent act which breaches a duty owed to the world at large'" (Grivas v Grivas, 113 A.D.2d 264, 266, quoting from Hurst v Titus, 77 A.D.2d 157, 158); here, the duty owed is that of supervising and controlling infant guests (cf. Huyler v Rose, 88 A.D.2d 755). Thus, a third-party cause of action for contribution has been sufficiently stated to withstand a motion for summary judgment. Mangano, J.P., Weinstein, Lawrence and Eiber, JJ., concur.

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FOWLER v. ATTENBOROUGH
(Nov 24, 1986)