· 12/13/1995
Farley v. Sartin
Citations
- 466 S.E.2d 522
- 195 W. Va. 671
- 1995 W. Va. LEXIS 262
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- providing a comprehensive list of the thirty-seven jurisdictions that recognize a wrongful death cause of action for viable fetuses
- providing a comprehensive list of thirty-seven jurisdictions that recognize a wrongful death cause of action for viable fetuses
- construing statute that permits recovery for the wrongful death of a \person\ to include the wrongful death of a nonviable unborn fetus
- providing a comprehensive list of the thirty-seven jurisdictions that recognize a wrongful death cause of action for viable fetuses
- defining \child\ as \1. A person under the age of majority.... 5. A baby or fetus\
- providing a comprehensive list of thirty-seven jurisdictions that recognize a wrongful death cause of action for viable fetuses
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Judges: Cleckley, Miller, Albright
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