Legal Opinion
Whitney v. Fisher
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided June 16, 1980No. 144-79Published
1Opinion of the Court
417 A.2d 934 (1980)
Donald Lowell WHITNEY and Donna Lee Whitney
v.
Beatrice Barnes FISHER and Charles Morton Gates.
No. 144-79.
Supreme Court of Vermont.
June 16, 1980.
Motion for Reargument Denied July 9, 1980.
Fink & Birmingham, P. C., Ludlow, for plaintiff.
Richards & Lawlor, P. C., Springfield, for defendant.
Before BARNEY, C. J., DALEY, BILLINGS and HILL, JJ., and SPRINGER, D. J., specially assigned.
BILLINGS, Justice.
The sole issue in this case is whether as a matter of law a woman may recover for loss of consortium based on her husband's injuries. If so, the judgment below granting plaintiff,…
Also in this document: Dissent · Barney; Dissent · Daley.
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