RIPLEY v. EWELL


61 So.2d 420 (1952)

RIPLEY et al. v. EWELL.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

November 14, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Selden, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Hull, Landis, Graham & French and J. Compton French, De Land, for appellee.


TAYLOR, Associate Justice.

Appellant, as plaintiff in the Circuit Court, sued appellee for loss of consortium of her husband who is alleged to have been injured as a result of appellee's negligence. Demurrer to the declaration was sustained.

A decision in this case must turn upon the answer to a single question: May the wife of a man injured, but not killed, by the negligent act of a third person maintain an action against the tort-feasor for her damages flowing...

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