A financial incentive scheme designed to influence a treating doctor's referral practice when the patient needs specialized care is a material piece of information that could affect a plan member's health care interests. If the patient had been aware of his doctor's financial stakes, he could have made a fully informed decision about whether to follow his doctor's recommendation against referral to a cardiologist. Lead paint injury is covered by insurance. New Hampshire, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts and Wisconsin have similar rulings. Kentucky recognizes loss of parental consortium.
Minor children have a cause of action for loss of parental consortium due to another's negligence.
A woman died while giving birth. Her husband sued the obstetrician individually and on behalf of the couple's four minor children alleging loss of consortium. The Supreme Court of Kentucky recognized that the remedy for children who lose their parents' love and affection because of another's negligence is a natural development of the common law. Squatter's rights defeated if owner files bankruptcy. A company used land from 1966 to 1991.