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NICKEL v. HARDWARE MUT. CASUALTY CO.

269 Wis. 647 (1955)

NICKEL, Appellant, vs. HARDWARE MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

May 3, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Brazeau & Brazeau of Wisconsin Rapids.

For the respondents there was a brief by Fisher, Peickert, Anderson & Fisher, attorneys, and John E. Shannon, Jr., of counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Hiram D. Anderson, Jr., and Mr. Shannon, all of Stevens Point.

GEHL, J.

The question is: Has a wife a cause of action for the loss of consortium of her husband caused by the negligent act of a third person?

Although it has been presented numerous times, this court has not been called upon to consider it. Almost without exception the courts which have had to deal with the question have answered in the negative. In Hitaffer v. Argonne Co. 87 U. S. App. D. C. 57, 183 Fed. (2d) 811, 23 A. L. R. (2d) 1366, a wife's...

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