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BUTCHER v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 29076.

139 Cal.App.3d 58 (1983)

188 Cal. Rptr. 503

RALPH LLOYD BUTCHER III, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; CYNTHIA LYNN FORTE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

January 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Parker, Stanbury, McGee, Babcock & Combs, Robert J. Moss and Robert A. Walker for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Memel, Jacobs, Pierno & Gersh, Stanley K. Jacobs and Theresa M. Marchlewski for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

TROTTER, J.*

This case involves a unique and interesting issue: whether the "spouse" in a nonmarital cohabitation arrangement may state a cause of action for loss of consortium when the other "spouse" is injured by a third party.

FACTS

Paul Forte was walking across the street when he was allegedly struck by Ralph Butcher's Volkswagen. Paul suffered a fractured neck, forearm and...

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