Posted on 05/06/2016 12:52:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The daughter of the late Slipknot bassist Paul Gray can sue a doctor for the loss of her father's companionship, even though she was still a fetus when he died, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.
The court acknowledged it's the first time it's had to decide such a case centered on the rights of a child during the time it is a fetus, but it cited similar conclusions in cases from Massachusetts and Wisconsin. The justices warned that it would be a mistake for anyone to try to apply the rationale behind the ruling to the abortion debate.
The ruling comes in a case centered on the death of Gray, who was found dead in a suburban Des Moines hotel room in May 2010. An autopsy showed he died of an overdose of morphine and fentanyl, a synthetic pain killer similar to morphine. He was 38.
His wife, Brenna Gray, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Dr. Daniel Baldi and several medical care providers claiming Paul Gray wasn't properly monitored during drug addiction treatment. She sued for loss of spousal consortium and on behalf of her daughter who wasn't born until several months after Gray died.
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Uh oh, Trial Lawyers and Pro-Life potential issue bundled together. Dilemma.
Like hell!
Do journalism schools teach english and grammar?
I feel bad for the baby.
But I guess one might have lowered expectations for a bassist in a band called “Slipknot”.
Not exactly my type of hard rock.
Don't you dare...
Translation: “Logic has never been applied to the pro-abortion argument, don't start now.”
Every junkie’s like a setting sun.
Crummy band.
Where’s his tie?
Dear ABC,
“fetus” is Latin for BABY!!!!
They don't have time for that after all the grooming classes. Hair, nails, teeth, skin, clothes, etc.
wasn’t properly monitored during drug addiction treatment.
Irresponsible bitch getting pregnant while on drugs.
She should be brought up on charges of child neglect and abuse
She wasn't on drugs. Her husband was.
Gone, gone...
That’s good. It could mean that a fetus is a person... which some of us knew already.
But, but she was nothing but a blob of cells!!!
Not making a judgement on the issue at hand, the child’s standing to sue, but the case has no merit. Dad took drugs not prescribed to him. They should be suing the dealer who sold him the drugs. I don’t think even have a case with the dealer. Dad took the drugs of his free will.
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