Durham v. Gabriel

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Lake County against the plaintiff, appellant herein, entered upon the sustaining of a demurrer.

As appellee has so specifically stated in his brief, the sole question to be determined is: “Whether or not the loss of services, companionship and consortium of the husband entitles a wife to recovery in the state of Ohiol”

The law of Ohio has historically answered this question in the negative. The reasoning being that a wife has a duty to perform her household or domestic duties and that if she was unable to perform her husband…