Morgan v. Lalumiere

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• holding that a child’s claim for loss of consortium is separate and independent from the injured parent’s claim
• affirming jury award for loss of parental society to thirty year old man who suffered from blindness, cerebral palsy, and mental retardation and who lived at home prior to his mother’s injury
• Loss-of-consortium claims are \separate and independent\ and are generally not effected by the outcome of the personal-injury action.
• no reduction of consortium award even when injured spouse was more than 50% responsible for the accident which injured her
• evidence that disabled plaintiff who lived at home was taken care of by his mother before her injuries, and was physically, emotionally, and financially dependent upon his mother
• disabled adult, dependent on parent

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