Donough v. Vile

Alessandroni, j.,

— This is an action in trespass to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Emma S. McDonough when she was struck by defendant’s automobile on February 5, 1946, while crossing Rising Sun Avenue at Clarkson Street. The jury returned a verdict in her favor in the sum of $2,313.50 and a verdict in favor of her husband, Howard S. McDonough, in the sum of $520.

The first reason assigned in support of this motion for a new trial was the action of the court in permitting the jury to consider as an element of damages the loss of consortium. It appeared that wife-plaintiff…