UNDERWOOD, Justice.
This case presents this Court with a question we have not heretofore had an opportunity to consider: does a minor child have a cause of action for the loss of consortium of a parent who is alive, but who is alleged to be permanently comatose? We hold that such a cause of action does exist and therefore reverse the decision of the trial court denying such a cause of action.
Plaintiffs allege that Mary Hay was injured on July 7, 1980, while...
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