Leffler v. Wiley

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Franklin County against the plaintiff-appellant, Patricia Y. Leffler, entered upon the sustaining of a demurrer.

The petition alleges that defendants-appellees negligently injured plaintiff-appellant’s husband, and that she was thereby deprived of his services and consortium, and prays for judgment in the amount of $74,000. The trial court held that, although a husband can recover for the loss of his wife’s services and consortium, yet a wife cannot recover for the loss of her husband’s services and consortium. Plaintiff-appellant…