Romero v. Byers

How courts have described this case

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• holding that New Mexico should recognize a claim for spousal loss of consortium
• defining loss of consortium as emotional distress suffered by a spouse who loses the normal company of his or her injured mate
• stating that in a wrongful death case the jury must “determine fair and just compensation for the reasonably expected nonpecuniary rewards the deceased would have reaped from life as demonstrated by his or her health and habits”
• stating that in a wrongful death case the jury must “determine fair and just compensation for the reasonably expected nonpecuniary rewards the deceased would have reaped from life as demonstrated by his or her health and habits”
• stating “damages for loss of consortium may not be awarded under the [New Mexico Wrongful Death] Act, but must be sued for by the spouse or the personal representative in an individual capacity.”
• recognizing loss of consortium claims

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).