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· 11/2/1988

Cruz v. Wright

Citations

  • 765 P.2d 869
  • 94 Utah Adv. Rep. 27
  • 1988 Utah LEXIS 112
  • 1988 WL 118975

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the legislature can ―alter[] or even abolish[] certain rights which existed at common law‖
  • determining whether legislature had sufficiently strong justifications for abolishing common law loss-of-consortium cause of action
  • determining whether legislature had sufficiently strong justifications for abolishing common law loss-of-consortium cause of action
  • upholding 1898 Married Woman’s Act, which abolished husband’s common law action for loss of consortium, under perfunctory Berry analysis
  • upholding 1898 Married Woman's Act, which abolished husband's common law action for loss of consortium, under perfunctory Berry analysis

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Judges: Durham, Hall, Howe, Stewart, Zimmerman

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