Legal Opinion
Coward v. Wellmont Health System
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided May 3, 2018No. Record 170491PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY JUSTICE D. ARTHUR KELSEY
**354 In Wyatt v. McDermott , 283 Va. 685 , 725 S.E.2d 555 (2012), this Court recognized for the first time the tort of intentional interference with parental rights. The present case tests the limits of this theory of tort liability. The circuit court sustained several demurrers to Samantha Coward's complaint, 1 finding that the allegations did not constitute a viable claim as a matter of law. We agree. Our holding in Wyatt and the context in which we offered it do not extend to the factual allegations against the defendants presently on appeal.
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