Hale v. Manion

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

The question in this case is whether the parents of a child who dies prior to birth as the result of another’s negligence have a cause of action under the wrongful-death statute.

The trial court held they do not and plaintiff parents have appealed.

A brief summary of the ¿mended petition follows:

For several months prior to February 29, 1960, plaintiff mother *144was pregnant and had been receiving prenatal care and treatment from her physician. On that date she was a fare-paying passenger in a taxicab owned by defendant cab company and being driven…