Hopkins v. Blanco

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

Appellant contends that Article I, section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution compels the courts to extend the right to consortium to women who have long been denied that right under the common law.1

Consortium has normally been defined in terms of a husband’s right to be secure in his marital relationship : “ Tor an injury to the wife, either intentionally or negligently caused, which deprives her of the ability to perform services, or lessens that ability, the husband may maintain an action for loss of service. . . .’ ” Service “ implies whatever of aid, assistance,…