Legal Opinion

James Meredith v. Richard Meredith Scruggs, Carol Elizabeth Scruggs, Atlee Gail Scruggs, Meri-Jo Abrams and Louis Edmund Abrams

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 20, 1957No. 15019_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Per curiam

The petition for rehearing in the above entitled case is denied.

In view of the decision of the Supreme Court of Hawaii in Halberg v. Young, No. 4006, decided April 17, 1957, holding that minor children have no-cause of action for damages arising-from the disability of their mother caused by the negligence of a third person, the decision of this court is vacated, the judgment of the district court, reversed, and the cause remanded with directions to dismiss the action for failure of the complaint to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

2Cited by25 opinions

  1. Ferriter v. Daniel O'Connell's Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  2. Berman v. AllanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1979
  3. Neuberg v. BobowiczSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  4. Richard E. Madore v. Ingram Tank Ships, Inc. v. Samson Ocean Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  5. Sawyer v. BaileySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980

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