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ROQUET BY ROQUET v. JERVIS B. WEBB CO.

No. 88-908.

436 N.W.2d 46 (1989)

Paul Louis ROQUET, a Minor, by his Father and Next Friend, Louis ROQUET, Plaintiff, v. JERVIS B. WEBB COMPANY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Walsh, Jr. and Bruce L. Gettman, Jr. of Clark, Butler, Walsh & McGivern, Waterloo, for plaintiff.

E.R. McCann and Jim D. DeKoster of Swisher & Cohrt, Waterloo, for defendant.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, CARTER, and SNELL, JJ.

SCHULTZ, Justice.

The central issues of this case arise out of a minor's suit for loss of his father's consortium due to injuries inflicted on his father by defendant. The father's injuries occurred when the child was a viable fetus and before we permitted such a cause of action in Weitl v. Moes, 311 N.W.2d 259 (Iowa 1981). The father's own claim was resolved by settlement prior to Weitl.

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