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TATE v. DERIFIELD

No. 93-351.

510 N.W.2d 885 (1994)

Denise TATE, Appellant, v. Roxanne DERIFIELD and the Tri-County Drug Task Force, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.A. Frerichs and Thomas P. Frerichs, Waterloo, for appellant.

James E. Walsh, Jr. and Nathan A. Callahan of Clark, Butler, Walsh & McGivern, Waterloo, for appellees.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and LAVORATO, SNELL, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.

ANDREASEN, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals from the district court's dismissal of her action for damages for loss of spousal consortium. The district court dismissed plaintiff's action ruling that loss of consortium was a derivative claim and could not be brought absent an action by the injured spouse. For reasons stated in this opinion, we affirm.

I. Background.

Denise Tate (Tate) filed a petition seeking...

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