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LEVENTHAL v. MELVILLE SHOE

No. 5894.

110 N.H. 367 (1970)

BARBARA L. LEVENTHAL v. MELVILLE SHOE CORP. & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

July 20, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shaines, Madrigan & McEachern (Mr. Duncan A. McEachern orally), for the plaintiff.

Calderwood, Silverman & Ouellette and Laurence E. Kelly (Mr. Kelly orally), for the defendants.

KENISON, C.J.

This case again presents the question whether a wife has a common-law cause of action for loss of consortium as a result of fatal injuries received by her husband in 1966 allegedly caused by the defendants' negligence. The statutory right to recover for loss of consortium did not become effective until August 21, 1967. RSA 507:8-a; Laws 1967, 218:1. The plaintiff's husband was a passenger in an automobile operated by the defendant's employee on December...

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