Briscoe v. Ehrlich

Flood, J.:

This is an appeal from a jury verdict finding no damages in appellant-husband’s loss of consortium action. The verdict was reached in a malpractice action against appellant’s former attorney, and the negligence and liability of appellee had been admitted.

Wayne and Kathryn Briscoe were married in 1973 and they had one child. On August 4, 1976, Kathryn was severely burned in a gas explosion. She was hospitalized for five weeks and unable to resume any normal duties and activities for six months. She and her husband moved to live with her parents and her husband cared for his wife and…