Commercial Clean-Up Enterprises, Inc. v. Holmquist

PARKER, Judge.

Appellants, Commercial Clean-Up Enterprises, Inc., and Thomas T. Tibstra, appeal a trial court order which granted a new trial on the loss of consortium claim of appellee, Donald J. Holmquist. We reverse, concluding that Mr. Holmquist’s claim for loss of consortium is barred because the jury found that his spouse failed to meet the threshold requirements of the no-fault law.

Barbara Holmquist and Donald J. Holm-quist filed an action, alleging that Mrs. Holmquist sustained personal injuries in an automobile accident caused by the negligence of the appellants and that Mr.…