Dearborn Fabricating & Engineering Corp. v. Wickham

DICKSON, Justice.

This case presents a question of first impression in Indiana: whether a minor child has an independent claim for loss of parental consortium when a parent is negligently injured by a third person. The trial court and the Court of Appeals held that minor children may assert such a claim. Dearborn Fabricating and Eng'g Corp. v. Wickham (1988), Ind.App., 582 N.E.2d 16.

William D. Wickham; his wife, Pamela; and their two children, Le Ann and Jennifer, filed a complaint against Dearborn Fabricating and Engineering Corp. seeking damages for personal injuries William sustained when…