PLAIN v. PLAIN

No. 45873.

240 N.W.2d 330 (1976)

Robert M. PLAIN, Individually and as Father and Natural Guardian of Anne E. Plain and Charles R. Plain, Respondents, v. Joan S. PLAIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meagher, Geer, Markham, Anderson, Adamson, Flaskamp & Brennan, O. C. Adamson II and Mary Jeanne Coyne, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Popham, Haik, Schnobrich, Kaufman & Doty, Denver Kaufman and Frederick C. Brown, Minneapolis, for respondents.

Heard and decided by the court en banc.


OTIS, Justice.

Plaintiff seeks to recover damages from his wife for loss of consortium resulting from her own negligence. In the same action her children sue for loss of services and companionship. The trial court denied the mother's motion to strike these claims from the pleadings under Rule 12, Rules of Civil Procedure, but certified the question as important and doubtful.1

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