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New bill affects wrongful death suits

Kentucky senator Robert Stivers is expected to file a bill that would allow surviving spouses to seek damages for loss of companionship. Under the current laws spouses may sue for loss of wages and children of the decesased may sue for loss of companionship, or as it is known in the legal world, consortium but surviving spouses may not. Kentucky is one of only four states that do not allow spouses to seek such damages.

The bill is being opposed by The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Kentuckey Hospital Association, and Kentucky Medical Association who claim that the bill will lead to frivolous lawsuits and cause insurance premiums to skyrocket.

Stivers says that he is aware of the claims made by the opposition and counters by saying, "But, if you look at it closely, it's inconsistent to not have it with the other loss-of-consortium claims that we do have. It's somewhat of an antiquated premise that goes back to old English law."

Stivers goes on to say that the law would not provide a guideline for determining the amount of damages that one can expect as that would ultimately be decided by a jury and that the law would only enable such a claim to be made.

Posted by: E. Michael Grossman | Posted on: 3/10/2008 | Comments (0)

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