Legal Opinion
Bromfield v. Seybolt Motors, Inc.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided July 30, 1969No. 5879PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKenison, C.J.
The principal question in this case is whether the plaintiff has a cause of action for loss of consortium as the result of injuries received by her husband on September 20, 1966 allegedly caused by the defendant’s negligence. The action was commenced by a writ dated July 11, 1968 which was returnable in the Superior Court of Rockingham county on the first Tuesday of August 1968. The Trial Court (Morris, J.) dismissed the action on the defendant’s motion, primarily on the ground that the statute allowing an action for loss of consortium was not retroactive, having been approved June 22, 1967…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Goesaert v. ClearySupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Krohn v. Richardson-Merrill, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1966
- Josephine Miskunas v. Union Carbide CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
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