Vaughn Ex Rel. Vaughn v. Clarkson

This case brings to this Court the question of whether either a child or a stepchild has a claim for loss of consortium against a third party for negligent injuries to the mother and stepmother. We conclude the child and the stepchild do not have such a claim.

The common law of this jurisdiction has refused to recognize a child’s claim for loss of parental consortium when the parent was negligently injured by another, Ipock v. Gilmore, 85 N.C. App. 70, 354 S.E. 2d 315, cert. denied, 320 N.C. 169, 358 S.E. 2d 52 (1987); or when the mother’s affections were intentionally alienated by another,…