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LAWS v. GRIEP

No. 68040.

332 N.W.2d 339 (1983)

Charles Michael LAWS, Plaintiff, and Bonnie Shadrick, Appellant, v. Thomas Arthur GRIEP and Andrea Marie Griep, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Newport of Newport & Buzzell, Davenport, for appellant.

Donald G. Senneff of Shaff, Farwell & Senneff, Clinton, for appellees.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and HARRIS, McCORMICK, LARSON and SCHULTZ, JJ.

McCORMICK, Justice.

In this case of first impression, we hold that an injury to one unrelated cohabitant in a "stable and significant relationship" does not give the other cohabitant a cause of action for loss of consortium. Plaintiff Bonnie Shadrick appeals with permission from the trial court's ruling sustaining defendant Grieps' motion to dismiss her loss of consortium claim in an action brought by Bonnie and plaintiff Charles Michael Laws for damages based on...

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