Keele Ex Rel. Kelle v. St. Vincent Hospital & Health Care

specially concurring.

I concur with the result of the majority opinion, but disagree with the standard established by the majority for determining whether a child has a cause of action for loss of his or her parent’s consortium.

The nature of the loss for which a consortium action is brought is damage to the relationship between the parent and the child. When we recognized the right of a child to make a claim for loss of a parent’s consortium, we pointed out that:

[T]he rights of the child to support, aid, protection, affection and society of the parent derive from both statute and case law.…