Fitzgerald v. Meissner & Hicks, Inc.

The issues presented on this appeal are:

1. Does the rule of law recognizing a wife’s right to maintain a cause of action for loss of consortium as set forth in Moran v. Quality Aluminum, Casting Co., supra, have prospective or retrospective application?

2. Must a wife claiming loss of consortium, because of an injury to her husband, join her cause of action with an action by her husband for his personal injuries?

The general rule adhered to by this court is the “Black-stonian Doctrine.” This doctrine provides that a decision which overrules or repudiates an earlier decision is retrospective in…