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CLARK v. ESTATE OF RICE EX REL. RICE

No. 01-0595.

653 N.W.2d 166 (2002)

Matthew A. CLARK, as Father and Next Friend of Sasha R. Clark, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Kimberly Rae RICE, by its Administrator, Andrew Scott RICE and Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, an Iowa Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 9, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip A. Burian of Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Gerald T. Sullivan of Crawford, Sullivan, Read & Roemerman, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellees.

CADY, Justice.

In this appeal, we must decide if a minor child has actionable claims against a parent for loss of consortium, loss of support, and infliction of emotional distress from witnessing fatal injuries suffered by the parent, as a result of the parent's negligent operation of a motor vehicle. We conclude the claims are not actionable and affirm the district court.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

Sasha Clark was a passenger in a motor...

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