Ripley v. Ewell

61 So.2d 420 (1952)

RIPLEY et al.

v.

EWELL.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

November 14, 1952.

Ray Selden, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Hull, Landis, Graham & French and J. Compton French, De Land, for appellee.

TAYLOR, Associate Justice.

Appellant, as plaintiff in the Circuit Court, sued appellee for loss of consortium of her husband who is alleged to have been injured as a result of appellee's negligence. Demurrer to the declaration was sustained.

A decision in this case must turn upon the answer to a single question: May the wife of a man injured, but not killed, by the negligent act of a third…