Novak v. Kansas City Transit, Inc.
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
COIL, Commissioner.
Rita Novak’s petition averred that her husband, while a passenger in an automobile, was negligently injured by respondent and as a result she had been deprived of his consortium, including his companionship and conjugal affection, for which she sought $100,000 as damages.
Respondent’s motion for summary judgment was sustained on the ground that a wife may not recover for loss of consortium caused by the negligence of a third party, and Mrs. Novak has appealed.
Under the early common law, although a husband was permitted to recover for an impairment or loss of the consortium…
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