Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Couch
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided December 2, 1955PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Chief Justice.
This is an action wherein damages are sought by the administrator for the wrongful death of an unnamed infant whose decease was alleged to have been solely caused by a prenatal injury. The lower court, after a pre-trial conference, sustained the motion of appellee, Doyle Couch, to dismiss the complaint for the reason that it failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. This appeal is from the order of dismissal entered.
The facts in this case, set forth by the complaint and by one deposition, namely, that of Doctor Ernest A. Golia, are: On June 27, 1953,…
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