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SPECK v. FINEGOLD

497 Pa. 77 (1981)

439 A.2d 110

Frank SPECK, Jr. and Dorothy Speck, his wife and Valerie Speck, a minor, Lee Ann Speck, a minor, and Francine Speck, a minor, by their parent and natural guardian Frank Speck, Jr. v. Richard A. FINEGOLD and Henry J.H. Schwartz. Appeal of Frank SPECK, Jr., Dorothy Speck, his wife, and Francine Speck, a minor, at No. 80-1-16. Appeal of Henry J.H. SCHWARTZ at No. 80-1-19. Appeal of Richard A. FINEGOLD at No. 80-1-20.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 31, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce R. Martin, Pittsburgh, for Henry J.H. Schwartz.

David H. Trushel, Pittsburgh, for Richard A. Finegold.

Thomas Hollander, Evans, Ivory & Evans, Pittsburgh, for Frank Speck, et al.

Stephen Feldman, Philadelphia, for amicus curiae.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

PER CURIAM:

I.

The Order of the Superior Court allowing the parent plaintiffs' cause of action in tort, with right to recover expenses attributable to the birth and raising of their daughter, is affirmed.

(Mr. Justice Flaherty files the lead Opinion in which Mr. Chief Justice O'Brien and Mr. Justice Larsen and Mr. Justice Kauffman join. Mr. Justice Roberts, joined by Mr. Chief Justice O'Brien, files an opinion concurring in the affirmance of this...

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