Miller v. Whittlesey

DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a final order granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Ann P. Miller (plaintiff) sued David Whittlesey (defendant) for damages, alleging that defendant’s negligent acts or omissions had been the proximate cause of personal injuries to plaintiff’s husband, Stewart R. Miller, thereby depriving the plaintiff of her husband’s consortium. The injuries to Mr. Miller were received in an automobile accident involving himself and the defendant.

The controlling issue of law as set out in defendant’s motion for summary judgment is stated as follows:

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