Case Name: Perry M. SCOTT and Donna R. Scott, Trustees ad litem, Appellants, v. Donald O. KOPP
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1978-12-14
Citations: 261 Pa. Super. 89
Docket Number: No. 1571
Parties: Perry M. SCOTT and Donna R. Scott, Trustees ad litem, Appellants, v. Donald O. KOPP.
Judges: Before CERCONE, HESTER and HOFFMAN, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 261
Pages: 89–89

Head Matter:
395 A.2d 956
Perry M. SCOTT and Donna R. Scott, Trustees ad litem, Appellants, v. Donald O. KOPP.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Dec. 4, 1978.
Decided Dec. 14, 1978.
Howard E. Kalis, III, Pottstown, for appellants.
Edward F. Kane, Norristown, for appellee.
Before CERCONE, HESTER and HOFFMAN, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM:
This is an appeal from an order dismissing a wrongful death and survival action brought by the parents of a stillborn child who died á ventre sa mere as a result of an automobile accident with appellee. Appellants concede that under the controlling law of our Supreme Court, a stillborn child has no cause of action for wrongful death and survival. Marko v. Philadelphia Transp. Co., 420 Pa. 124, 216 A.2d 502 (1966); Carrol v. Skloff, 415 Pa. 47, 202 A.2d 9 (1964).
Order affirmed.