TITZE v. MILLER

No. 14037.

337 N.W.2d 176 (1983)

Ruth TITZE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Robert E. MILLER, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided August 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald G. Schmidt of Schmidt, Schroyer, Colwill & Zinter, P.C., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellant (representing on appeal only).

Brent A. Wilbur of May, Adam, Gerdes & Thompson, Pierre, for defendant and appellee.


FOSHEIM, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from an order dismissing plaintiff's action for loss of consortium. We affirm.

We are asked to decide whether an action for loss of consortium is subject to our three-year statute of limitations for personal injury actions, SDCL 15-2-14(3).* Correctly claiming that South Dakota cases identify interspousal consortium as a personal right, Hoekstra v. Helgeland, 78 S.D. 82,

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