Belcher v. Goins
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
184 W. Va. 395, 400 S.E.2d 830 (1990)
- Written by Alex Ruskell, JD
Facts
Stephanie Belcher (plaintiff) sued Sherry Goins (defendant) after Belcher’s mother was injured in a traffic accident with Goins. At the time of the collision, Belcher was 18 and resided with her mother. Belcher was not in or near the traffic accident. Belcher sought recovery from Goins for the loss of her mother’s love, companionship, and consortium and for mental anguish and the cost of services Belcher provided to her mother. Goins moved to dismiss. The trial court denied the motion, but upon joint application of the parties, certified five questions to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. These five questions asked whether the children of injured parents had claims for loss of consortium, mental anguish, and the value of services provided by the child to the injured parent.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (McHugh, J.)
What to do next…
Here's why 811,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:
- Written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students. 46,300 briefs, keyed to 988 casebooks. Top-notch customer support.
- The right amount of information, includes the facts, issues, rule of law, holding and reasoning, and any concurrences and dissents.
- Access in your classes, works on your mobile and tablet. Massive library of related video lessons and high quality multiple-choice questions.
- Easy to use, uniform format for every case brief. Written in plain English, not in legalese. Our briefs summarize and simplify; they don’t just repeat the court’s language.
