This Note traces the history and development of actions for prenatal wrongful death. It emphasizes the state of the law in Virginia and examines the rationale of various jurisdictions where courts have chosen to draw a line for imposing liability. After discussing the role of wrongful death statutes, this Note concludes with an analysis of the trends in the law and a prediction of the direction the law will take in the future
Part I of this Comment will provide an overview of the national perspective on these three types of ...
Morace C. Duncan brought an action for the wrongful death of his son, John Norris Duncan
While recovery of damages for wrongful death was sanctioned in England as early as 1846 and is now a...
This Note will examine the rationale of the Johnson decision and illustrate how a parent\u27s claim ...
This Comment reviews the history of tort law treatment of the fetus who is wrongfully injured or kil...
Right to recover for death of a stillborn fetus. Carroll v. Skloif, 415 Pa. 47, 202 A.2d 9 (1964)
Two recent cases, one from New York and one from Illinois, have again focused attention on injuries ...
This Note will outline the evolution of wrongful death actions, with particular attention being give...
Recently two American courts have recognized a right of infants to recover for prenatal injuries. In...
Plaintiff, as administrator, brought an action to recover for the death and conscious suffering of p...
In Werling v. Sandy, the Ohio Supreme Court held a viable fetus, negligently injured en ventre sa m...
Our courts have been increasingly perplexted by the question of whether or not an infant should have...
“Death is well understood; it’s life that isn’t.” We recognize death, but state by state, courts str...
Fetal homicide laws criminalize killing a fetus largely to the same extent as killing any other huma...
The principal legal question dealt with here is whether there is a cause of action for the wrongful ...
Part I of this Comment will provide an overview of the national perspective on these three types of ...
Morace C. Duncan brought an action for the wrongful death of his son, John Norris Duncan
While recovery of damages for wrongful death was sanctioned in England as early as 1846 and is now a...
This Note will examine the rationale of the Johnson decision and illustrate how a parent\u27s claim ...
This Comment reviews the history of tort law treatment of the fetus who is wrongfully injured or kil...
Right to recover for death of a stillborn fetus. Carroll v. Skloif, 415 Pa. 47, 202 A.2d 9 (1964)
Two recent cases, one from New York and one from Illinois, have again focused attention on injuries ...
This Note will outline the evolution of wrongful death actions, with particular attention being give...
Recently two American courts have recognized a right of infants to recover for prenatal injuries. In...
Plaintiff, as administrator, brought an action to recover for the death and conscious suffering of p...
In Werling v. Sandy, the Ohio Supreme Court held a viable fetus, negligently injured en ventre sa m...
Our courts have been increasingly perplexted by the question of whether or not an infant should have...
“Death is well understood; it’s life that isn’t.” We recognize death, but state by state, courts str...
Fetal homicide laws criminalize killing a fetus largely to the same extent as killing any other huma...
The principal legal question dealt with here is whether there is a cause of action for the wrongful ...
Part I of this Comment will provide an overview of the national perspective on these three types of ...
Morace C. Duncan brought an action for the wrongful death of his son, John Norris Duncan
While recovery of damages for wrongful death was sanctioned in England as early as 1846 and is now a...