Villareal v. State, Dept. of Transp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that only biological and adoptive children may recover for loss of consortium resulting from parent’s injuries
• recognizing child’s cause of action for loss of consortium with parent and noting that double recovery can be avoided by jury instructions and special verdicts
• recognizing child’s cause of action for loss of consortium with parent and noting that double recovery can be avoided by jury instructions and special verdicts
• recognizing child’s consortium claim despite Restatement rule that does not
• requiring a showing that the injury is so severe as to destroy or nearly destroy the parent-child relationship
• recognizing child's consortium claim despite Restatement rule that does not

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