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SHOCKLEY v. PRIER

No. 310.

66 Wis.2d 394 (1975)

225 N.W.2d 495

SHOCKLEY (Paul), by Guardian ad litem, Plaintiff: SHOCKLEY and wife, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PRIER, M.D. and others, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 4, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Habush, Gillick, Habush, Davis & Murphy, attorneys, and Howard

A. Davis of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Howard A. Davis.

For the respondents there was a brief and oral argument by Irving W. Zirbel of Milwaukee.

DAY, J.

The question raised on this appeal is, should a parent be permitted to recover damages for loss of the aid, comfort, society and companionship of a minor child who has been injured by the negligent acts of another?

This is an appeal by Benjamin Shockley and Marion Shockley, his wife (Shockleys), the parents of Paul Shockley; a minor, from an order of the trial court entered on May 30, 1973, sustaining the demurrer of the defendants Thomas A. Prier...

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