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Potshots At The Stork: Toward A Consistent Justification Of Recovery For Wrongful Birth Claims
Potshots At The Stork: Toward A Consistent Justification Of Recovery For Wrongful Birth Claims
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Torts--Parent's Recovery For Loss Of Society And Companionship Of Child, Michael B. Victorson
Torts--Parent's Recovery For Loss Of Society And Companionship Of Child, Michael B. Victorson
West Virginia Law Review
In situations where a child has been killed or injured as the result of a third party's negligent, tortious act, case law overwhelmingly supports the view that a parent may not recover damages from the third-party tortfeasor for the loss of the child's society and companionship. A growing minority of cases, however, have expreessly recognized that such losses are recoverable, and other cases have employed language susceptible to the interpretation that recovery for such losses may be allowed. While most of this development has been in the area of wrongful death, rather than personal injury, the analysis for one area …