Loss of consortium is a term used in the law of torts that refers to the deprivation of the benefits of a family relationship due to injuries caused by...

common law allowed the award of damages from contumelia (though he disagreed with the trial court on loss of consortium). However, the Supreme Court raised...

may also refer to: Microbial consortium, a group of symbiotic microbes Loss of consortium, the deprivation of the benefits of a family relationship due to...

husband to visit a wife who has left him). A claim for damages based on loss of consortium is also sometimes considered a heartbalm action in England and elsewhere...

concept of loss of consortium, which made it possible for a cuckold to bring a civil case against an adulterer under tort law.: 216–21  'Consortium' in this...

experienced in the performance of their duties. It also bars families of service members from filing wrongful death or loss of consortium actions when a service...

inconvenience, emotional distress, loss of society and companionship, loss of consortium, and loss of enjoyment of life. This is opposed to economic damages...

[[Invasion of privacy (Australian tort law)|Invasion of privacy]] [citation needed] Defunct torts [[Loss of consortium|Loss of consortium]] [citation...

while at the time of the crash, Krista Millea was eight months pregnant, and the suit charges that she suffered loss of consortium due to the injuries...

loss of amenity". Examples of this include physical or emotional pain and suffering, loss of companionship, loss of consortium, disfigurement, loss of...

(lost earning capacity, funeral expenses, loss of consortium, pain and suffering, etc.). In the words of William Blackstone, "The jury state the naked facts...

expenses were approximately $2,500; and her daughter's loss of income was approximately $5,000 for a total of approximately $18,000. McDonald's offered only $800...

Regents of the University of California, 17 Cal. 3d 425, 551 P.2d 334, 131 Cal. Rptr. 14 (Cal. 1976), was a case in which the Supreme Court of California...

case thereafter received wide attention in legal circles, becoming a staple of tort law casebooks and law school courses. Bertha Briney inherited an old...

did both of these and so upon his losing it, it was considered his property. However, simultaneously, the court considered that his loss of it cancelled...

as well as in loss of consortium cases; character evidence is thus admissible to prove the substantive issues that arise in these types of lawsuits. If...

sense), adultery, loss of consortium, alienation of affection, breach of promise (but only in a humiliating or degrading manner), violation of chastity and...

Circuit that first recognized a wife's right to bring a cause of action for loss of consortium. The plaintiff's husband had been injured at work, and had...

sense), adultery, loss of consortium, alienation of affection, breach of promise (but only in a humiliating or degrading manner), violation of chastity and...

include less measurable costs such as pain and suffering, loss of consortium, the effects of defamation, and emotional distress. Personal injury torts...

for a spouse to prosecute an adulterer for damages on the grounds of loss of consortium until the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1970. Adultery...

v. Kendall, 60 Mass. 292 (1850), was a case credited as one of the first appearances of the reasonable person standard in United States tort law. Two...

was whether a lack of intent to cause harm precludes a battery charge. Relying on the definition of battery from the Restatement of Torts, the Court held...

them in the courts, such as an employee's spouse who claims loss of consortium as a result of the employee's bodily injury on the job which was allegedly...

prior to death. Non-economic damages, such as loss of consortium (usually granted to a spouse for the loss of romantic and/or sexual relations with the deceased...

the loss of her case. She became mute, and developed other health problems prior to her death on October 27, 1945, at the age of 61. At the time of her...

applied for damages for loss and damage caused by pregnancy and birth, Mr Melchior applied for damages for loss of consortium and they jointly applied...

Society of New York Hospital, 105 N.E. 92 (N.Y. 1914), was a decision issued by the New York Court of Appeals in 1914 which established principles of respondeat...

Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held that speech made in a public place on a matter of public concern cannot be the basis of liability...

emotional distress, loss of consortium, and physical pain suffered by the wife during delivery of an unhealthy child. See the example of the Keel case below...