O'Brien v. Philadelphia

Citations

• 215 Pa. 407
• 64 A. 551
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 810

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Parent and child — Injury to minor — Rights of mother — Act of June 26, 1895, P. L. 316.</p> <p>Where a mother, who has been deserted by her husband, supports entirely through her own exertions, a minor child, she may maintain an action in her own name to recover for loss of services of the child resulting from personal injuries to the child caused by the negligence of another person. Kelly v. Pittsburg, etc., Traction Co., 204 Pa. 623, distinguished.</p>