1. What was the traditional rationale for recognizing parental immunity?
2. Why did the U.S. Court of Appeals look to a New York case on spousal immunity to help it decide a Missouri case involving parental immunity?

Riley, Circuit Judge
A jury awarded Lamoni Riordan (Lamoni) over $1.18 million in damages on his claims against the Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (CPB) for injuries Lamoni sustained when his father, Ken Riordan (Ken), a CPB employee, was operating a riding lawnmower in reverse and backed over Lamoni’s foot. CPB appeals, arguing Ken’s parental immunity shielded CPB from liability and the district court. erroneously submitted both a respondeat superior and a direct negligence
Claim to the jury.. We affirm in toto.