so what sort of punishment will this tennessee at all? couple things, you re right, jenna. i do have sons but i would be the one telling the judge to put my sons in jail for 10 years. we wouldn t be here with my sons. but in this case it is interesting, the only way that you can hold the parents responsible if you establish against, a case against the parents they were negligent in the supervision of their son. that they knew he had alcoholic problems. that they let him drive. so the parents, you can t, technically the parents don t have the pay for the since of the son but they do have to pay for their own since. that is what will be the cause of actions against the parents. if they either failed to supervise. they obviously failed to discipline and rein this kid n that is what will get them in trouble. jenna: interesting that you bring that up, fred. faith, this teenager several months before this accident was cited for alcohol possession and his parents came down and paid the fee