Rusinek v. Schultz, Snyder & Steele Lumber Co.

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• holding that Michigan No-Fault Act did not abolish common-law action for loss of consortium where nothing in its language or legislative purpose required abolition
• loss of consortium, which is defined as including loss of society and companionship, is a noneconomic loss
• loss of consortium, which is defined as including loss of society and companionship, is a noneconomic loss
• because the Michigan legislature did not expressly extinguish plaintiffs’ common-law right to recover in tort, it should not be deemed to have done so implicitly.
• “[S]tatutes in derogation of the common law must be strictly construed . . . .”
• “[S]tatutes in derogation of the common law must be strictly construed . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).