Gotsch v. Gotsch

This Court held in Darrow v. Hanover Township, 58 N. J. 410 (1971) that the abrogation of the interspousal immunity rule in automobile negligence actions previously announced in Immer v. Risko, 56 N. J. 482 (1970) would be prospective, and thus “available only to persons suffering injuries in automobile accidents occurring after July 10, 1970, the date Immer was decided." 58 N. J. at 420. The present ease concerns whether Barrow applies to bar a suit for alleged injuries suffered in an accident on July 5, 1970, when the parties did not marry until after the date of the Immer decision.

The…