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· 4/14/1988

Orange County v. Piper

Citations

  • 523 So. 2d 196
  • 1988 WL 32043

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a wife's failure to give notice by filing her loss of consortium claim with the county or by joining her husband's personal injury claim warranted its dismissal
  • holding that loss of consortium is separate cause of action belonging to spouse of injured married partner, and though derivative in sense of being occasioned by injury to spouse, it is a direct injury to spouse who has lost consortium
  • wife’s failure to file loss of consortium claim with county warranted dismissal

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Judges: Sharp

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