Personal Injury & Torts
Jun. 21, 2012
Court rules loss of consortium claims exist if marriage predates symptoms
The ruling allows for spouses who were unaware of health issues the beginning of a marriage to seek relief. By Trey Jones of Lanier Law Firm
A very important legal issue related to loss of consortium claims in latent injury cases was recently clarified by the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Vanhooser v. Hennessy Industries Inc., 2012 DJDAR 7307 (Cal. App. 2nd Dist. June 1, 2012). A three-judge panel unanimously ruled that Sherrell Vanhooser, the wife of a mesothelioma victim, has a valid claim for loss of consortium with her husband even though their marriage took place after the ...
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