GALLIMORE v. CHILDREN'S HOSP.MED. CTR.

No. 92-823.

67 Ohio St.3d 244 (1993)

GALLIMORE, APPELLEE, v. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Blessing and W.B. Markovits, for appellee.

Dinsmore & Shohl, Frank C. Woodside III, Deborah R. Lydon, John E. Schlosser and Sara Simrall Rorer, for appellant.

McLaughlin, McNally & Carlin and Clair M. Carlin, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.


DOUGLAS, J.

We have granted jurisdiction in this case on only one issue of law. The question before us is whether the parents of a minor child who is injured by a third-party tortfeasor may recover damages in a derivative action for loss of filial consortium. In this context, loss of "consortium" would include the parent's loss of the services, society, companionship, comfort, love and solace of the injured child. We are convinced that the right to recover for such...

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