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KAUSCH v. BISHOP

No. 60632.

568 S.W.2d 532 (1978)

Jenny Elizabeth KAUSCH, a minor by her next friends, Michael Kausch, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dr. Marion D. BISHOP, M. D., Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

July 24, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward P. Burke, Robert S. Moss, Wion, Burke & Boll, Clayton, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Joel D. Monson, Anderson, Gilbert, Wolfort, Allen & Bierman, St. Louis, for defendant-respondent.

SIMEONE, Judge.

This case presents a unique and heretofore unresolved question concerning the right of a child of a deceased unmarried minor to maintain an action for damages under the Missouri Wrongful Death Act. §§ 537.080, 537.100, RSMo 1969.

The precise issue confronting us is whether an infant child of a deceased unmarried minor who is survived by a mother and father may commence an action for the...

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