Legal Opinion
Pino v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 29, 2007No. 06-7108PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CERTIFICATION OF QUESTION OF STATE LAW
NEIL M. GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.
Michael and Amy Pino ask this court to certify to the Oklahoma Supreme Court the question whether a cause of action existed for the wrongful death of a nonviable stillborn fetus as of September 1-2, 2003. We agree that the resolution of this question may well determine the outcome of the Pinos’ suit, and that it is a novel and unsettled matter in Oklahoma law. Accordingly, and as specified below, we grant the motion to certify.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Some twenty weeks pregnant, Ms. Pino arrived at the Carl Albert Indian Health…
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