Moran v. Nafi Corporation

On February 25, 1960, this Court in a 4-to-3 decision with 1 Justice not participating, *537changed the law of onr State in order to permit a wife to bring a separate action for loss of consortium. Montgomery v. Stephan, 359 Mich 33. Whatever our view now as to the correctness of the judicial pronouncement in Montgomery relating to the existence of the cause of action, it stands, at least for the present, as to the circuit bench of our State, the controlling law, and loss of consortium is actionable if properly asserted.

On April 21, 1961, plaintiff wife, in the instant case, filed her declaration…