Nichols v. Schweitzer

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• consortium claim not derivative and therefore claimant’s recovery not diminished by decedent’s fault
• “[S]ection 613.15 designates the personal representative of the deceased as the proper party to bring a suit for the loss of consortium of the deprived spouse. The independent claim of the deprived spouse thus passes to the administrator on death of the injured spouse.”
• “[S]ection 613.15 designates the personal repre sentative of the deceased as the proper party to bring a suit for the loss of consortium of the deprived spouse. The independent claim of the ■ deprived spouse thus passes to the administrator on death of the injured spouse.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).