SCRUGGS v. MEREDITH

Civ. No. 1444.

134 F.Supp. 868 (1955)

Richard Meredith SCRUGGS, Carol Elizabeth Scruggs, Atlee Gail Scruggs, Meri-Jo Abrams and Louis Edmund Abrams, Plaintiffs, v. James MEREDITH, Defendant.

United States District Court D. Hawaii.

October 19, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Trask, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs.

Robertson, Castle & Anthony, Honolulu, Hawaii, of counsel, by Thomas M. Waddoups, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant.


McLAUGHLIN, Chief Judge.

This is an action brought by minor children for loss of support, maintenance, education, nurture, care, training, attention, acts of kindness, comfort, and solace proximately resulting from a direct personal injury to the mother caused by the negligent act of the defendant. The defendant moved to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The precise question presented is whether a minor child has...

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