Angelet v. Shivar

BREETZ, Judge.

This appeal raises the question whether a claim for loss of consortium may be founded upon an injury which occurred before marriage. The complaint alleged that, while the appellant’s wife was a minor and in the care, custody and control of her father, the appellee, he “did intentionally, unlawfully, and wantonly inflict extreme physical harm and emotional distress” upon her. It further alleged that, as a direct and proximate result of the appellee’s conduct, the appellant’s wife suffered great emotional trauma which now prevents her “from functioning as a wife” and, on that…