Fayden v. Guerrero, 82-441

Decision Date19 October 1982
Docket NumberNo. 82-441,82-441
Citation420 So.2d 656
PartiesTeresa FAYDEN and Karen Fayden, Appellants, v. Carlos GUERRERO; Gable Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., a Florida corp.; Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., a foreign corp.; Sanford Martin; and Allstate Ins. Co., a foreign corp., Appellees.
CourtFlorida District Court of Appeals

Tew, Critchlow, Sonberg, Traum & Friedbauer, J. James Donnellan III, Miami, for appellants.

Richard E. Harwick, Coral Gables, Daniels & Hicks and Patrice A. Talisman, Miami, for appellees.

Before NESBITT, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

A minor child does not have an independent cause of action for loss of parental support, companionship, and guidance when its parent is negligently injured by a third party but does not die as a result thereof. Clark v. Suncoast Hospital, Inc., 338 So.2d 1117 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976).

Affirmed.

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