JONES v. ELLIOTT


551 A.2d 62 (1988)

Renaye JONES, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. Deborah L. ELLIOTT, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: November 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward C. Gill, Wolhar & Gill, P.A., Georgetown, for appellant.

Mason E. Turner, Jr., Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, for appellee.

Before CHRISTIE, C.J., and HORSEY, MOORE, WALSH and HOLLAND, JJ., constituting the Court en banc.


WALSH, Justice:

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment by the Superior Court barring a wife from pursuing a claim for loss of consortium arising out of injuries sustained by her husband. The Superior Court ruled that wife's claim was purely derivative of husband's personal injury action and was subsequently foreclosed by a general release executed by the husband. We disagree and hold that although a cause of action...

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