Meredith v. Scruggs

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided May 20, 1957.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1957-05-20

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1957-05-20

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¶1See also 135 F.Supp. 376.

¶2Robertson, Castle & Anthony, Thomas-M. Waddoups, James Garner Anthony, Frank D. Padgett, Honolulu, Hawaii, for appellant.

¶3Arthur K. Trask, Honolulu, Hawaii, for appellees.

¶4Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, and' POPE and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.

¶5PER CURIAM.

¶6The petition for rehearing in the above entitled case is denied.

¶7In view of the decision of the Supreme Court of Hawaii in Halberg v. Young, No. 4006, decided April 17, 1957, holding that minor children have no-cause of action for damages arising-from the disability of their mother caused by the negligence of a third person, the decision of this court is vacated, the judgment of the district court, reversed, and the cause remanded with directions to dismiss the action for failure of the complaint to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.