Campos v. Coleman

Summary

The court overruled its prior refusal to recognize a minor child's common-law claim for loss of parental consortium arising from a parent's nonfatal injury. It recognized the claim subject to limits requiring joinder with the parent's negligence action, barring derivative claims after termination of the parent's claim, restricting plaintiffs and recoverable periods to minors, and excluding damages resulting from the parent's death. The new cause of action applies to this pending appeal, so the court reversed the judgment striking the children's claims and remanded for further proceedings.