Estate of Wells Ex Rel. Jeske v. Mount Sinai Medical Center

*670JON P. WILCOX, J.

The issue on review is whether a parent can recover for loss of the society and companionship of an adult child whose injuries allegedly resulted from medical malpractice. The court of appeals, believing that a parent's cause of action for lost society and companionship was limited to minor children, upheld the trial court's order granting defendants' motion for summary judgment.1 We affirm.

These are the facts. Mary Wells (Wells) was diagnosed as having multiple sclerosis when she was 21 years old. By age 30, her disease steadily progressing, Wells was admitted to the Sage…