North Pacific Insurance v. Stucky

¶39 I join the Court’s opinion and write to emphasize two points. First, loss of consortium claims spring from the common law, not from any statute, and exist to address interests beyond those the statutes on children and families are designed to protect. Second, there are significant legal and policy reasons to support extension of the common law to alow adult children to bring a claim for loss of consortium under appropriate circumstances.

¶40 The Dissent criticizes the Court for characterizing Montana law as part of a “national trend” of expanding circumstances under which a claim for loss…