J.A.H. ex rel. R.M.H. v. Wadle & Associates, P.C.

LAVORATO, Justice.

The plaintiff, a minor child, sued the defendant mental health care providers for loss of parental consortium arising out of alleged negligent treatment of his mother, who was not a party to the lawsuit. Because we hold there is no cause of action under the facts of this case, we affirm the district court’s order granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment.

I. Facts and Proceedings.

We will not refer to the real names of the child and his father and mother. Instead we will refer to the child as James, the father as Robert, and the mother as Silvia. In 1995 the…