Alaska Supreme Court· 2/25/1974

Schreiner v. Fruit

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519 P.2d 462
1974 Alas. LEXIS 380

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creating rule of mandatory joinder of actions for loss of spousal consortium with the injured party’s damages action based on considerations of judicial economy and fear of double recovery
to grant men but not women the right to sue for loss of consortium would be unconstitutional
to grant men but not women the right to sue for loss of consortium would be unconstitutional
\[To] reduce[] the chances of double recovery [and in] consideration[] of judicial economy ... joinder appears to be a practical and fair solution and in our view mandatory.\
recognition of wife’s right to sue for loss of consortium; compulsory joinder of claims

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Judges: Rabinowitz, Witz, Con-Nor, Boochever, Fitzgerald

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