State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Clyde

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• concluding that where provisions in one section show that legislature knew how to make its intent clear, absence of similar language in a different section indicates contrary intent
• concluding that where provisions in one section show that legislature knew how to make its intent clear, absence of similar language in a different section indicates contrary intent
• concluding that the grandparents of an unborn child were not within the class of individuals entitled to bring a wrongful death claim where the legislature indicated such claims could only be brought by a “parent” or “guardian”
• holding grandparents of unborn child were not entitled to bring wrongful death action where statute limited claim to a \parent\ or \guardian\
• concluding that where the legislature used the term \in loco parentis\ in unrelated statutes but omitted such language in the relevant statute, that omission indicated an \intentional rejection of the concept of de facto parent or guardian in this context\
• stating that, in construing the statute to determine whether grandparents could maintain an action, the \primary objective is to give effect to the legislature's intent\ by looking first at \the plain language of the statute\

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