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Coward v. Wellmont Health System
No. 170491Supreme Court of Virginia
170491 Coward v. Wellmont Health System 05/03/2018 In a birth-mother's suit alleging the tort of intentional interference with parental rights in connection with efforts to have her newborn infant adopted by a…
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170491 Coward v. Wellmont Health System 05/03/2018 In a birth-mother's suit alleging the tort of intentional interference with pa…
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170491 Coward v. Wellmont Health System 05/03/2018 In a birth-mother's suit alleging the tort of intentional interference with parental rights in connection with efforts to have her newborn infant adopted by another family, the circuit court correctly determined that the allegations did not state a viable claim for this tort as a matter of law as to these defendants. None of the allegations in the complaint reasonably imply that the medical defendants participated in a conspiracy or concert of action with a woman who sought to adopt the infant, or were aware of her alleged coercion or misrepresentations. The complaint expressly alleges that plaintiff initiated the adoption plan, contacted t…
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