Legal Opinion
Huffer v. Kozitza
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided October 25, 1985No. C3-84-1636PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
We affirm the ruling of the court of appeals that a spouse’s cause of action for loss of consortium is not precluded when the other spouse settles his or her personal injury claim separately.
Richard Huffer was in an auto accident in December 1979 and, as a consequence, had a personal injury claim against Jeffrey Kozitza, the driver of the other vehicle. After the accident, the Huffer marriage deteriorated and Carolyn commenced a divorce proceeding. Notwithstanding the pending divorce, Carolyn felt she had sustained a loss of consortium, and her attorney wrote a letter to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Whittlesey v. MillerTexas Supreme Court · 1978
- Thill v. Modern Erecting Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1969
- Rosander v. Copco Steel & Engineering Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1982
- Huffer v. KozitzaCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1985
3Cited by26 opinions
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- Schweich v. Ziegler, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
- Manzitti v. AmslerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Buckley v. National Freight, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1997
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