Legal Opinion
Hopson v. St. Mary's Hospital
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 23, 1979PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBogdanski, J.
The plaintiffs, Edward and Patricia Hopson, husband and wife, brought a malpractice action against the defendants, St. Mary’s Hospital and Charles Larkin, Jr., a physician, wherein they sought to recover damages for injuries allegedly sustained by the wife during surgery. In the complaint Edward Hopson also claimed that because of the defendants’ negligence he was deprived of the love, affection and consortium of his wife, Patricia Hopson. The defendants each demurred to that portion of the complaint, alleging that no action for loss of consortium is recognized in Connecticut. Prom the…
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