Legal Opinion

Cowe Ex Rel. Cowe v. Forum Group, Inc.

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided July 25, 1991No. 41S04-9107-CV-569PublishedCited by 156 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DICKSON, Justice.

Should Indiana recognize a separate tort action for wrongful life, as declared by the Indiana Court of Appeals? Cowe v. Forum Group, Inc. (1989), Ind.App., 541 N.E.2d 962. We grant transfer and hold otherwise.

This is an appeal on behalf of plaintiff-appellant Jacob E. Cowe (Cowe) from a summary judgment entered by the trial court as to Count IV of the complaint. This count sought damages for the medical attention, care, support, maintenance, and education of Cowe until age 21 by reason of the alleged negligence of defendant-ap-pellee Forum Group, Inc., (Forum) operator of…

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