Hay v. Medical Center Hosp. of Vermont

This case presents this Court with a question we have not heretofore had an opportunity to consider: does a minor child have a cause of action for the loss of consortium of a parent who is alive, but who is alleged to be permanently comatose? We hold that such a cause of action does exist and therefore reverse the decision of the trial court denying such a cause of action.

*535Plaintiffs allege that Mary Hay was injured on July 7, 1980, while at the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, and that, as a result of those injuries, she became permanently comatose.

A complaint was filed by Regina…