Ginsberg v. Ginsberg

Plaintiff and defendant are husband and wife and are living together. The wife recovered a judgment for damages based on negligence against the husband. Included in the judgment was a substantial sum for special damages and this is the sole ground of appeal. It is found that some of these special damages have been paid by relatives of the plaintiff and that she has agreed to reimburse them therefor and that, as to the remainder, the surgeon and dentist involved are looking to the plaintiff alone for payment. The question to be decided is whether a wife can recover from her husband special…