Delict (term used for torts in some civil and mixed legal systems)
Conflict of tort laws
Private attorney general
Class action
By jurisdiction
Australia
Canada
China
England and Wales
European Union
India
Japan
Taiwan
United States
Other common law areas
Contracts
Criminal law
Evidence
Property
Wills, trusts, and estates
Law portal
v
t
e
Loss of consortium is a term used in the law of torts that refers to the deprivation of the benefits of a family relationship due to injuries caused by a tortfeasor. In this context, the word consortium means "(the right of) association and fellowship between two married people".[1] Damages may be claimed under three theories: incurred medical costs or those yet to be incurred by the plaintiff, the loss of an injured spouse's services, and loss of society (within certain parameters).
The common law rule of consortium has been amended or abolished by statute in many jurisdictions. The availability of loss of consortium differs drastically among common law jurisdictions and does not exist at all in several of them. Damages for loss of consortium are considered separately from, and are not to be confused with compensatory damages.
^"consortium". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 3 November 2019. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
and 19 Related for: Loss of consortium information
Lossofconsortium is a term used in the law of torts that refers to the deprivation of the benefits of a family relationship due to injuries caused by...
concept oflossofconsortium, which made it possible for a cuckold to bring a civil case against an adulterer under tort law.: 216–21 'Consortium' in this...
while at the time of the crash, Krista Millea was eight months pregnant, and the suit charges that she suffered lossofconsortium due to the injuries...
common law allowed the award of damages from contumelia (though he disagreed with the trial court on lossofconsortium). However, the Supreme Court raised...
husband to visit a wife who has left him). A claim for damages based on lossofconsortium is also sometimes considered a heartbalm action in England and elsewhere...
(lost earning capacity, funeral expenses, loss of consortium, pain and suffering, etc.). In the words of William Blackstone, "The jury state the naked facts...
as well as in lossofconsortium cases; character evidence is thus admissible to prove the substantive issues that arise in these types of lawsuits. If...
sense), adultery, lossofconsortium, alienation of affection, breach of promise (but only in a humiliating or degrading manner), violation of chastity and...
for a spouse to prosecute an adulterer for damages on the grounds oflossofconsortium until the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1970. Adultery...
sense), adultery, lossofconsortium, alienation of affection, breach of promise (but only in a humiliating or degrading manner), violation of chastity and...
include less measurable costs such as pain and suffering, lossofconsortium, the effects of defamation, and emotional distress. Personal injury torts...
them in the courts, such as an employee's spouse who claims lossofconsortium as a result of the employee's bodily injury on the job which was allegedly...
applied for damages for loss and damage caused by pregnancy and birth, Mr Melchior applied for damages for lossofconsortium and they jointly applied...
security resulting in severe injury, negligent infliction of emotional distress, lossofconsortium and Unfair Trade Practices Act violations to motel operators...
prior to death. Non-economic damages, such as lossofconsortium (usually granted to a spouse for the lossof romantic and/or sexual relations with the deceased...
punitive or exemplary but purely to compensate a husband's lossofconsortium (marital services) of his wife and damages to his reputation, honour, and family...
Global Information