Borer v. American Airlines, Inc.

Opinion

TOBRINER, Acting C. J.

In Rodriguez v. Bethlehem Steel Corp. (1974) 12 Cal.3d 382 [115 Cal.Rptr. 765, 525 P.2d 669], we held that a married person whose spouse had been injured by the negligence of a third party may maintain a cause of action for loss of “consortium.” We defined loss of “consortium” as the “loss of conjugal fellowship and sexual relations” (12 Cal.3d at p. 385), but ruled that the term included the loss of love, companionship, society, sexual relations, and household services. Our decision carefully avoided resolution of the question whether anyone *444other than the spouse…