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· 8/20/1958

West v. McCoy

Citations

  • 105 S.E.2d 88
  • 233 S.C. 369
  • 1958 S.C. LEXIS 86

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding a nonviable fetus's estate could not recover
  • holding a nonviable fetus's estate could not recover
  • five-month-old fetus which miscarried did not have cause of action under South Carolina Wrongful Death Statute
  • “A fetus generally becomes a viable child between the sixth and seventh month of its existence.”
  • no cause of action for a 5-week fetus
  • no cause of action for a 5-week fetus

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Judges: Legge, Moss, Oxner, Stukes, Taylor

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