La Eace v. Cincinnati, Newport & Covington Ry. Co.

LATIMER, Justice.

The sole question presented is whether a wife may recover for loss of consortium due to an injury negligently inflicted on her husband.

Appellant’s husband, George LaEace, sustained personal injuries while a passenger on a bus operated by appellee. Appellant seeks $5,000 damages for loss of consortium, alleging the injuries suffered by her husband resulted from appellee’s negligence and were the proximate cause of her loss of that consortium. Appellee’s general! demurrer to the petition was sustained. Having declined to plead further, appellant’s petition was dismissed.

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