Legal Opinion
Liff v. Schildkrout
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 27, 1980PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jasen, J.
The issues on these appeals are whether a surviving spouse, in his or her individual capacity, may maintain a common-law cause of action for loss of consortium due to death and whether loss of consortium may be asserted as an element of damages within a wrongful death action.
In Liff v Schildkrout, the complaint alleges that Joseph Liff died on September 29, 1975 as a result of the malpractice of defendant, Dr. Schildkrout. Plaintiffs, executors of decedent’s estate, served a complaint setting forth two causes of action. The first cause of action sought to recover…
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