NOVAK v. KANSAS CITY TRANSIT, INC.

No. 49233.

365 S.W.2d 539 (1963)

Rita NOVAK, Appellant, v. KANSAS CITY TRANSIT, INC., a Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

March 11, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. David Trusty, William J. Marsh, Francis L. Roach, Kansas City, for appellant.

Popham, Thompson, Popham, Trusty & Conway, Kansas City, of counsel.

Harold T. VanDyke, Kansas City, for respondent. Linde, Thomson, Vandyke, Fairchild & Langworthy, Kansas City, of counsel.


COIL, Commissioner.

Rita Novak's petition averred that her husband, while a passenger in an automobile, was negligently injured by respondent and as a result she had been deprived of his consortium, including his companionship and conjugal affection, for which she sought $100,000 as damages.

Respondent's motion for summary judgment was sustained on the ground that a wife may not recover for loss of consortium caused by the negligence of a third party, and...

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