Kronenbitter v. Washburn Wire Co.

The Appellate Division has unanimously affirmed an order and judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint on motion for legal insufficiency. Plaintiff sues to recover damages on account of personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by her husband in consequence of defendants’ negligence. The complaint is based on loss of consortium. Insofar as loss of financial support by the husband enters into the claim, that is not an element of damage which pertains to the wife’s cause of action but belongs to the husband.

An action for loss of consortium is not maintainable under the recent decision in…