GUARINO, J., January 5, 1978.
In this case, on August 18, 1977, I granted defendant-husband's demurrer to an action in assumpsit which sought to hold him liable for medical services rendered to his wife. I ruled that the common law principle that a husband is ipso facto liable to a third person for necessities supplied by a third person to his wife was repugnant to the Equal Rights Amendment, Art. I, §28 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. Plaintiff has...
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