Schwartz v. City of Milwaukee

The issue presented to the lower court and on this appeal is whether a husband’s claim for damages for loss of consortium and for medical expenses is barred by the statutory limitation of $25,000 in secs. 81.15 and 895.43 (2), Stats., because his wife’s claim for her damages has exhausted that amount. The trial court held the husband’s claim was a separate and distinct cause of action and carried its own statutory limit of $25,000 and thus a husband could recover the stipulated $8,000 damages.

The issue of whether the statutory limit of $25,000 in secs. 81.15 and 895.43 (2), Stats., covers…