Crosby v. Glasscock Trucking Co., Inc.

MOORE, Justice:

Appellant commenced this action for wrongful death in his capacity as personal representative of the estate of his stillborn child. The trial judge granted respondents’ motion for summary judgment on the ground a nonviable stillborn fetus cannot maintain such an action. We affirm.

FACTS

Respondent Kristie Crosby was twenty weeks pregnant when she was injured in a automobile accident. The car she was driving collided with a truck owned and operated by respondent Glasscock Trucking Co., Inc. It is undisputed the fetus Kristie was carrying was nonviable at the time of the accident.…