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Meredith v. Scruggs

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
May 20, 1957
244 F.2d 604 (9th Cir. 1957)

Opinion

No. 15019.

May 20, 1957.

Robertson, Castle Anthony, Thomas M. Waddoups, James Garner Anthony, Frank D. Padgett, Honolulu, Hawaii, for appellant.

Arthur K. Trask, Honolulu, Hawaii, for appellees.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, and POPE and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.


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.


Summaries of

Meredith v. Scruggs

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
May 20, 1957
244 F.2d 604 (9th Cir. 1957)
Case details for

Meredith v. Scruggs

Case Details

Full title:James MEREDITH, Appellant, v. Richard Meredith SCRUGGS, Carol Elizabeth…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: May 20, 1957

Citations

244 F.2d 604 (9th Cir. 1957)

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