Malfeo v. Larson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• a statute “cannot be construed as changing the common law beyond what is expressed by the words of the statute or is necessarily implied from what is expressed”
• a statute “cannot be construed as changing the common law beyond what is expressed by the words of the statute or is necessarily implied from what is expressed”
• required for spouse's negligence claim in order to show loss of consortium
• “ ‘In a non-jury civil case the failure to include a point in a post-trial motion does not preclude its being raised on appeal.’ ” (quoting City of Chicago v. Mid-City Laundry Co., 8 Ill. App. 3d 88, 90 (1972))
• loss of consortium claims rely on negligence finding for spouse
• “[Consortium includes loss of a spouse’s companionship, happiness, and society.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).