Legal Opinion
Poliquin v. MacDonald
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided September 30, 1957No. 4557PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
This is a case of first impression in this jurisdiction. Prior to 1949, by the numerical weight of authority, it was held that in the absence of a statute a pre-natal injury affords no basis of recovery by the child or its legal representative. See anno. 20 A. L. R. 1505; 97 A. L. R. 1524.
The problem presented to us for the first time is whether our wrongful death statute gives a right of action to the personal representative of an infant for injuries and resulting death suffered by it while en ventre sa mere. RSA 556:7, 9-14. In 1884, in the case of Dietrich v. Northampton, 138 Mass. 14,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Woods v. LancetNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
- Dietrich v. Inhabitants of NorthamptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Verkennes v. CornieaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949
- Allaire v. St. Luke's HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Amann v. FaidyIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
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3Cited by78 opinions
- Justus v. AtchisonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1977
- Smith v. BrennanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Summerfield v. Superior Court, Maricopa Cty.Arizona Supreme Court · 1985
- Nealis v. BairdSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1999
- Krishnan v. SepulvedaTexas Supreme Court · 1995
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