CASEY v. MANSON CONSTR. AND ENGINEERING CO.


247 Or. 274 (1967)

428 P.2d 898

CASEY, Appellant, v. MANSON CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING COMPANY ET AL, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Affirmed June 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Curran, Portland, argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Ridgway K. Foley, Jr., Portland, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Mautz, Souther, Spaulding, Kinsey & Williamson.

Before McALLISTER, Chief Justice, and PERRY, SLOAN, GOODWIN, HOLMAN, LUSK and HAMMOND, Justices.


AFFIRMED.

LUSK, J.

This is an action by a wife for the loss of her husband's consortium as the result of injury sustained by her husband through the alleged negligence of the defendants. The circuit court sustained a demurrer to the complaint based on the ground that the complaint showed that the accident in which the plaintiff's husband was injured occurred in the State of Washington where an action for loss of consortium by a wife or widow is not recognized...

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