CARPENTER v. BISHOP

No. 86-103.

720 S.W.2d 299 (1986)

290 Ark. 424

Carey CARPENTER, Individually and On Behalf of the Minor Children Richard Carey Carpenter, et al., and As Father and Next Friend, Appellant, v. Don BISHOP, Special Administrator of the Estate of Sheryl Andrei Carpenter, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howell, Price, Trice, Basham & Hope by Dale Price, Little Rock, for appellant.

Davis, Cox & Wright by Constance G. Clark, Fayetteville, for appellee.


DUDLEY, Justice.

The primary issue in this case is whether a viable fetus born dead has a cause of action against a mother who negligently caused the death of the fetus. The trial judge granted a judgment on the pleadings. ARCP Rule 12(c). We affirm.

Because of the procedure below, we take the factual allegations of the complaint as true. Those facts are that the mother, Sheryl Carpenter, was eight and one-half months pregnant when she negligently drove an...

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