TURNER v. BUSBY

No. 2003-C-3444.

883 So.2d 412 (2004)

Dianne TURNER, as Natural Tutrix of the Minor Child Cietra Jenal Stroughter (Onterio McWright) v. Thomas R. BUSBY and Zurich American Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby Ray Manning, for applicant.

Samuel Henry Thomas, James Edward Paxton, Tallulah, for respondent.


TRAYLOR, Justice.

We granted this writ application to determine whether Onterio McWright, the plaintiff, is a child of the decedent for the purposes of a wrongful death and survival action where McWright has no biological connection to the decedent, but decedent executed a formal acknowledgment of paternity. For the following reasons, we affirm the court of appeal and find that McWright is not a child who may recover damages under a wrongful death and survival claim...

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