BAIRD v. CINCINNATI, NEW ORLEANS & TEXAS PACIFIC R. CO.


368 S.W.2d 172 (1963)

Martha Lillian BAIRD, Appellant, v. CINCINNATI, NEW ORLEANS & TEXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 17, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geo. R. Silliman, Danville, Pat Rankin, Stanford, for appellant.

James F. Clay, Danville, Bradley & Bradley, Georgetown, for appellee.


STANLEY, Commissioner.

The court is urged to reverse its position that a wife may not maintain an action to recover damages for loss or impairment of her husband's consortium caused by negligence of another party.

The particular case is a suit filed by Mrs. Martha Lillian Baird against the Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. R. Co., charging that by the defendant's negligence in operating its train at a public crossing, the plaintiff's husband, Harrison Baird, was...

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