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WASCOM v. AMERICAN INDEMNITY CORP., 350 So.2d 1224 (La. 1977)
WILLIAM G. WASCOM v. Am. Indem. CORP., 350 So. 2d 1224 (La. 1977)
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- Louisiana Court Opinions
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- Louisiana
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- 1977-10-28
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WASCOM v. AMERICAN INDEMNITY CORP., 350 So.2d 1224 (La. 1977) WILLIAM G. WASCOM ET AL. v. AMERICAN INDEMNITY CORP. ET AL.
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WASCOM v. AMERICAN INDEMNITY CORP.,350 So.2d 1224(La. 1977)
WILLIAM G. WASCOM ET AL. v. AMERICAN INDEMNITY CORP. ET AL.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
IN RE: WILLIAM G. WASCOM, ET AL. APPLYING FOR CERTIORARI, OR WRIT OF REVIEW, TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF TANGIPAHOA.
[1] Writ denied. Judgment of court of appeal is correct.
[2] TATE, J., dissents.
The parents are entitled to damages by the death of their unborn children; while the mother in the present case will recover approximately the same damages by way of mental anguish; no reasons of law, fact, or equity (in my opinion) should deprive the father of similar tort-caused damages. The dissenting opinion in the court of appeal correctly suggests that this tort-caused damage for which the defendants are liable under C.C. arts. 2315 et seq. should not be defeated by applications of a code article essentially intended to regulate inheritance rights in a manner never intended by the legislature.West Page 1225