Court Opinion

ID: 9554060
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 19:40:42.74309+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:32:56.329662
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GOLDEN, Justice.
We are presented with the following certified question from the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming:
Does Wyoming recognize a claim for relief by minor children of a negligently injured parent for loss of parental consortium?
The question is answered affirmatively by our holding in Nulle v. Gillette-Campbell County Joint Powers Board, No. 89-251, slip op. — P.2d — (Wyo., Sept. 14, 1990). In Nulle this court examined the arguments for and against the recognition of a minor’s claim for loss of parental consortium. We were persuaded by the analysis in the decisions that recognize minor children’s claims and held the claim is cognizable in Wyoming:
We hold that minor children have an independent claim for loss of parental consortium resulting from injuries tor-tiously inflicted on their parent by a third person. We further hold that this independent claim should be joined with the injured parent’s claim whenever feasible.
Nulle, at-.