Whittlesey v. Miller

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 spouse’s loss of consortium claim is not barred by a settlement agreement or release executed by the injured spouse if the non-injured spouse did not sign the release
• recognizing a derivative claim for damages by a spouse for loss of consortium caused by a tortfeasor’s negligently causing injury to other spouse
• holding that a release generally cannot bind a party who did not sign it
• holding that a spouse’s loss of consortium claim is not barred by a settlement agreement or release executed by the injured spouse if the non-injured spouse did not sign the release
• recognizing a common-law cause of action for loss of consortium between spouses where the spouse is injured but not killed
• holding scope of husband’s release did not extend to nonsignatory wife’s derivative loss-of-consortium claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).