Weigel v. Lee
North Dakota Supreme Court
184 P.3d 1115 (2008)
Relevant factsFree
Rogers died shortly after being checked into a regular hospital room despite being critically ill; her children, the Wiegels (plaintiffs), sued the treating physician and hospital (defendants) for wrongful death, seeking damages for their own emotional distress and loss of parental consortium, and the trial court dismissed those claims, holding the children had no cause of action for them.
IssueFree
Whether a decedent's children may recover damages for their own emotional distress and loss of parental consortium in a wrongful death action.