THOMPSON v. LOVE

No. 92-CA-00201-SCT.

661 So.2d 1131 (1995)

Catherine THOMPSON, Mother and Next Friend of Alex Thompson III, a Minor v. Robert T. LOVE and Delta Medical Center.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 28, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Walker, Jr., Oxford, Frank H. Shaw, Jr., Steele & Shaw, Kosciusko, for Appellant.

Richard O. Burson, L. Carl Hagwood, Campbell DeLong Hagwood & Wade, Greenville, Rachael Hetherington Lenoir, George Q. Evans, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.


JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., Justice, for the Court:

INTRODUCTION

This case presents the Court with an important public and social policy issue of first impression for Mississippi concerning the ability of a minor child to recover for his loss of parental consortium from a third party tortfeasor who has injured his parent. Our national research discloses that the jurisdictions across the country appear to be divided on the cause of action with only a few...

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