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. COLEMAN—DISSENT ZARELLA,J.,withwhomESPINOSAandROBINSON, Js., join, dissenting. It is not the duty of this court to make law. That is atask properly left to the legislature. ‘‘To do otherwise, even if based on sound policy and the best of intentions, would be to substitute our will forthat ofabody democratically electedbythe citizens of this state and to overplay our proper role in the theater of [state] government.’’ DeSantis v. Prelle, 891 A.2d 873, 881 (R.I. 2006). Inthe present case, the majority steps beyond the limited role of judicial decision making and into the role of lawmaking by recognizing
a new cause of action for loss of parental consortium. I therefore respectfully dissent.
In Mendillo v. Board ofEducation, 246 Conn. 456, 717 A.2d 1177 (1998), we declined to recognize a common-law claim for the loss ofparental consortium. Id., 461, 477. Ourrationale was ‘‘thatthe balance ofreasons and public policies tips against the recognition of such
a claim.’’ Id., 477. In the present case, however, after concluding that the benefits of recognizing a loss of parental consortium claim now outweigh its costs, the majority decides to abandon Mendillo and recognize such a claim. I cannot agree. I express no opinion as to the merits ofrecognizing such a claim from a policy perspective. Rather, as a matter of prudence, I believe it is unwise to create such a claim byjudicial authority. In my view, this is a matter best left to the soundjudgment ofthe legislature. Accordingly, I would affirm the judgment of the trial court.
I do not dispute that this court has the authority to change the common law to conform to the times. In a society of ever increasing interdependence and complexity, however, it is an authority this court should exercise only sparingly. Restraint is especially required when we are asked, as in this case, to address policy questions concerning families and familial relationships.1 The majority outlines five policy considerations that underlie whether this court should recognize a
cause of action for loss of parental consortium, and there are undoubtedly more that are implicated. However, these considerations can properly be evaluated only after gathering and considering all ofthe relevant facts, many of which are not before us in this case. Indeed, we previously have recognized that ‘‘[i]t is not the role of this court to strike precise balances among the fluctuating interests of competing private groups

. . . . That function has traditionally been performed bythe legislature, which has far greater competence and flexibility to deal with the myriad complications which may arise from the exercise of

. . . rights by some in diminution of those of others.’’ Cologne v. WestfarmsAssociates, 192 Conn. 48, 65, 469A.2d 1201 (1984). Thus, thelegislature, unlikethiscourt, is institutionally equippedto gather all ofthe necessary facts to determine whether a claim for loss ofparental consortium should be permitted and, if it should, how far it should extend. The legislature can hold public hearings, collect data unconstrained by concerns of relevancy and probative value, listen to evidence from
a variety of experts, and elicit input from industry and society in general. Further, elected legislators, unlike the members ofthis court, canbe helddirectlyaccountable for their policy decisions. Finally, the legislature
canproduce a comprehensivepolicyby enacting astatutory scheme that provides notice and predictability to insurers and insureds that allows them to plan accordingly.
In contrast, this court is limited to deciding only the
cases and questions before it, and, therefore, it is restrictedtothe factspresentedinthis case. As aresult, there is no evidence or databefore this court regarding the consequences ofallowingthis new claim. The court has notheardfrom, and cannot consult, experts regarding the likely increases in litigation, jury awards, or insurance premiums. Likewise, statistics regarding the average Connecticut family size and structure—for example, how many Connecticut children are raised by adults other than their legal parents, such as aunts and uncles, grandparents, older siblings, foster parents, etc.—are not before the court. Additionally, this court has heard no ‘‘testimony’’ regarding the impact the recognition of a claim for loss ofparental consortium has had in states that have allowed it. Undoubtedly, these
are all important considerations when the public policiesthatunderlieaclaimforlossofparentalconsortium
are weighed. Moreover, ‘‘the judicial process, though public in name, is private in essence. The public cannot broadlypetition [a] courtto urge itto reach aparticular result

. . . . [A court cannot] take testimony from all the persons or factions who may have an interest, or effectivelyweigh the competing interests thattheymay have.’’ R. Young, ‘‘A Judicial Traditionalist Confronts the CommonLaw,’’ 8 Tex. Rev. L. &Pol. 299, 304 (2004). Consequently, this court’s ad hoc decisions regarding the extent and limits of a claim for loss of parental consortium will provide no predictability, and determinations of whether liability exists will be made only after harm has occurred. Thus, the question ofwhether to overturn Mendillo should be left to the legislature. Setting aside the fact that this court should not be makingthispolicy determination, I note thatthe weight ofauthorityinotherjurisdictionssuggeststhatMendillo
was correctly decided. The majority claims that ‘‘the vast majority of states have recognized the cause of action, either for cases arising from a parent’s injury,
orfor cases arising from aparent’s death, orboth.’’ The majority is incorrect. In fact, only a minority of states have recognized the cause of action the majority cre-ates, and, of those states, only one has done so in the absence of some legislative pronouncement regarding relevant public policy.
Before I review the decisions of our sister states, it is important to properly frame the cause of action in question. In its analysis, the majorityrelies on, andthus conflates, authority from other jurisdictions recognizing two distinct and separate causes of action: loss of consortium arising from a nonfatal parental injury and loss of consortium arising from a parent’s wrongful death. These are very different causes of action and must be treated as such. In the present case, the issue is whetherthe court should recognize a cause ofaction fortheloss ofconsortiumarisingfromanonfatalparental injury. It is therefore appropriate to rely on only those cases involving this same claim. A claim for the loss of consortium arising from a parent’s wrongful death is an entirely different claim, and, therefore, to the extentthe majorityrelies onauthorityfromjurisdictions that recognize that claim, its reliance is misplaced.2
Mindful of this distinction, my review reveals that only seventeen states have recognized a claim for the loss of consortium arising from a nonfatal parental injury,3 with twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia declining to recognize such a claim.4 The law in the remaining five states is either unclear or those states have not addressed this question.5 Moreover, it is not enough to undertake a survey of
our sister states and tally how many have or have not recognizedacause ofactionforloss ofparental consortium. A deeper reading of the cases is required to develop afull understanding ofthe weight ofauthority. The majority states that ‘‘we no longer can conclude that the weight of authority supports our holding in Mendillo, much less that it does so overwhelmingly.’’ Textaccompanyingfootnote 15 ofthe majorityopinion. The weight ofauthority, however, has remained largely unchanged since our decision in Mendillo

. Indeed, all three statesthathave consideredtheviabilityofacause of action for loss of parental consortium arising from
a parent’s nonfatal injury since Mendillo was decided in 1998 have declinedto recognize this claim. SeeLambert v. Franklin Real Estate Co., 37 S.W.3d 770, 780 (Ky. App. 2000); Harrington v. Brooks Drugs, Inc., 148 N.H. 101, 104, 808 A.2d 532 (2002); Taylorv. Beard, 104 S.W.3d 507, 511 (Tenn. 2003). But cf. Brenneman v. Board ofRegents, 135 N.M. 68, 72, 84 P.3d 685 (App.) (allowing recovery for loss of parental consortium under New Mexico Tort Claims Act), cert. denied, 135 N.M. 51, 84 P.3d 668 (2003). The last state to recognize
a claim for loss of parental consortium in connection with a parent’s nonfatal injury was Ohio in 1993, five years beforeMendillo

. See Gallimorev. Children’sHospitalMedical Center, 67 Ohio St. 3d244, 255, 617N.E.2d1052 (1993). Thus, there has been no change in the weight of authority since our decision in Mendillo

. With respect to the basis for creating such a cause of action, four of the seventeen states that recognize the claim have done so by statute.6 Thus, the majority cannot rely on these four states to support its decision to create a cause of action judicially because each of those states created the cause of action through acts of their legislatures. Furthermore, in at least one of these states, the legislative act superseded an earlier court decision expressly declining to recognize a cause of action for loss of parental consortium. Zorzos v. Rosen ex rel. Rosen, 467 So. 2d 305, 307 (Fla. 1985).
In the thirteen remaining states that have created, by decisional law, a cause of action for loss of parental consortium arising from a parent’s nonfatal injury, twelverelied, atleastinpart, onwrongfuldeathstatutes allowing children to recover damages for loss ofparental consortium.7 In all of those states, the courts reasoned that allowing such damages under the wrongful death statute was a legislative expression ofthe state’s public policy and that it would be inconsistent with the policy of the state to deny recovery when the parent is not fatally injured. See, e.g., Hibpshman v. Prudhoe Bay Supply, Inc., 734 P.2d 991, 994 (Alaska 1987) (‘‘[p]recluding minor childrenfrommaintaining acause of action for loss of parental consortium arising from their parent’s injury would

. . . be inconsistent with the legislature’s authorization of such recovery when the parent dies’’); Villareal v. Dept. ofTransportation, 160 Ariz. 474, 479, 774 P.2d 213 (1989) (‘‘[the Arizona] legislature recognizesthevalue oftheparent-childrelationship andallows childrentorecoverforthewrongful death of a parent’’); Williams v. Hook, 804 P.2d 1131, 1136–37 (Okla. 1990) (‘‘[W]e are hard pressed to find a distinction between allowing children to recover for loss of consortium a child suffers through the actual death of a parent under [Oklahoma’s wrongful death statute] and refusing to allow recovery for the loss of consortium when for all practical purposes the parent is in a state which equates death.

. . . In enacting [that statute], the [Oklahoma] [l]egislature has acknowledged that children have a legal entitlement to their parent’s society.’’ [Citation omitted; footnotes omitted.]); Belcherv. Goins, 184 W. Va. 395, 403, 400 S.E.2d 830 (1990) (‘‘the [West Virginia] legislature has implicitly recognized legal entitlement to parent consortium innonfatalinjurycasesbyexplicitlyrecognizing entitlementto parental consortium inwrongful death cases’’).
In Connecticut, however, the legislature has not created a cause of action for the loss of parental consortium arising from wrongful death. Connecticut’s wrongful death statute allows only a spouse to recover for the postmortem loss of spousal consortium. See General Statutes § 52-555a. If the legislature also hadwanted to allow recovery for the postmortem loss of parental consortium, it certainly could have done so. See, e.g., Dept. ofPublic Safety v. StateBoard ofLabor Relations, 296 Conn. 594, 605, 996 A.2d 729 (2010).
After amore searching review ofthe law in our sister states, it is evident that Wisconsin is the onlyjurisdiction on which the majority can rely to support its position. Indeed, Wisconsin is the only state that has recognized the claim for loss of parental consortium arising from a parent’s nonfatal injury through decisional law without relying on a previous expression of policy by the legislature. See Theama v. Kenosha, 117 Wis. 2d 508, 527, 344 N.W.2d 513 (1984). As I previously discussed, oftheseventeenstatesthatrecognizeaclaim fortheloss ofparentalconsortiumarisingfromanonfatal parental injury, sixteen have done so in reliance on the legislature’s expression ofthe statepublicpolicy on parental consortium claims. Accordingly, the majority’s statement that the weight of authority no longer supports our decision in Mendillo misrepresents the state of the law across the nation.
What is also clear from reviewing decisions from otherjurisdictionsisthatcourtsare deeplydividedover whether public policy favors recognizing a cause of actionforthe loss ofparental consortium. Forexample, courts have reached different conclusions with respect to whether a child’s claim for loss of parental consortium arising from a nonfatal injury will result in double recovery. Compare, e.g., Borer v. American Airlines, Inc., 19 Cal. 3d 441, 448, 563 P.2d 858, 138 Cal. Rptr. 302 (1977) (‘‘[d]ifficultyindefiningandquantifyingdamages leads in turn to risk ofdouble recovery: to ask thejury,
evenundercarefullydraftedinstructions, to distinguish the loss to the mother from her inability to care for her childrenfromthe losstothe childrenfromthe mother’s inability to care for them may be asking too much’’), and Russell v. Salem Transportation Co., 61 N.J. 502, 507, 295 A.2d 862 (1972) (‘‘[t]he asserted social need for the disputed cause of action may well be qualified, at least in terms of the family as an economic unit, by the practical consideration recognized by many of the
cases on the point that reflection of the consequential disadvantages to children of injured parents is frequently found in jury awards to the parents on their
ownclaims underexistinglawandpractice’’), withHay

v. Medical Center Hospital, 145 Vt. 533, 541–42, 496 A.2d 939 (1985) (‘‘The recognition of a separate cause of action on behalf of a minor child

. . . will allow juries to properly allocate losses among the separate claims of multiple plaintiffs. We are confident in the ability of

. . . trial court judges to give adequate jury instructions concerningthe computationandallocation ofdamages, and ofjuries to follow such instructions.’’), and Nulle v. Gillette-Campbell County Joint Powers Fire Board, 797 P.2d 1171, 1176 (Wyo. 1990) (‘‘The specter of double recovery can be easily eliminatedby the trial court’s distinctly specifying in proper jury instructions the respective elements of damages to which the parent and the child are each entitled. We presume the jury reads and follows its instructions.’’). Additionally, some courts have dismissed the argument that creating this new claim would result in increasedinsurance premiums and asocietal economic burden. See, e.g., Berger v. Weber, 411 Mich. 1, 15, 303 N.W.2d 424 (1981) (‘‘[C]ompensating a child who has sufferedemotionalproblemsbecause ofthedeprivation of a parent’s love and affection may provide the child with the means of adjustment to the loss. The child receivestheimmediatebenefitofthecompensation, but society will also benefit if the child is able to function without emotional handicap. This may well offset any increase in insurance premiums.’’); Ueland v. Pengo Hydra-Pull Corp., 103 Wn. 2d 131, 140, 691 P.2d 190 (1984) (rejecting argument that recognition of claim would increase insurance rates by stating ‘‘[t]his is a standard argument raised against expanding any area of tort liability’’). At the same time, other courts have expressed genuine concern over the societal cost of increased litigation, higher insurance premiums, and
more individuals forgoing insurance altogether. See, e.g., Salin v. Kloempken, 322 N.W.2d 736, 741 (Minn. 1982) (‘‘[r]ealistically, the burden of paying damage awards will be borne by the public generally in increased insurance premiums or, alternatively, in the enhanced dangerthat accrues from the greaternumber of people who may choose to go without insurance’’); Harrington v. Brooks Drugs, Inc., supra, 148 N.H. 104 (‘‘The probability of increased litigation and multiple claims, which will hinder settlements and increase expenses, is

. . . a concern

. . . . In addition, we remain concerned that the social burden of providing damages for this loss will ultimately be borne by the public

. . . .’’ [Citation omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.]). When reasonable minds can differ,
as they have in other cases addressing this issue, this court should not impose its will on the public. Instead, it should deferto the legislature, which can fully assess andmoreaccuratelyweightherelevantpolicyconsiderations.
In light of the foregoing considerations, prudence counsels this courtto stayits hand. Instead, the majority’s recognition ofa cause ofaction for loss ofparental consortium raises more questions than it answers. For example, insurers and defendants are left to wonder where the line between liability and nonliability truly lies. Can grandchildren bring a cause ofaction for loss of consortium when a grandparent who raises them is injured? Similarly, should liability be permitted when the relationship between a child and his or her noncustodial parent is impaired?8 Deciding where to draw the line is essentially a political decision that turns on a number ofsocio-economic factors, and it should there-fore be left to the legislature. See, e.g., Borerv. American Airlines, Inc., supra, 19 Cal. 3d 446–47; Guenther
ex rel. Guenther v. Stollberg, 242 Neb. 415, 419, 495 N.W.2d 286 (1993). ‘‘This uncertainty suggests thatthe legislature, which
can invite public participation in the analysis of all relevant policy considerations and provide clear prospective rules to implement that policy, is better suited than this court to determine the costs and benefits of various liability regimes.

. . . Our sympathy for the [children who have lost the love, affection, and society ofaparent]

. . . should not lead us to usurp the legislature’s authorityto formulate public policy in this area.’’ Craig v. Driscoll, 262 Conn. 312, 352–53, 813 A.2d 1003 (2003) ( Sullivan, C. J., dissenting). The legislature is better equipped to consider and resolve the competing policy concerns atplay. Moreover, ifexperienceproves thatthe balance between liabilityandnonliabilityis not properly struck, the legislature is free to modify the
cause of action at any time. Courts, on the other hand, mustawaitapropercase anda‘‘demonstrationoferror, illogic, or incongruity

. . . .’’ Norwest v. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, 293 Or. 543, 553, 652 P.2d 318 (1982). Accordingly, as I previously discussed, the question of whether to recognize a claim for the loss ofparental consortium arising from aparent’s nonfatal injury should be addressed by the legislature, not this court. Finally, the doctrine of stare decisis dictates that we should follow Mendillo, not overturn it.9 In State v. Salamon, 287 Conn. 509, 949 A.2d 1092 (2008), Justice Palmer,theauthorofthemajorityopinioninthepresent case, noted: ‘‘This court has repeatedly acknowledged the significance of stare decisis to our system ofjurisprudence because it gives stability and continuity to
our case law.

. . . The doctrine of stare decisis counselsthatacourtshouldnotoverruleits earlierdecisions unless the most cogent reasons and inescapable logic require it.

. . . Stare decisis is justified because it allows for predictability in the ordering of conduct, it promotes the necessary perception that the law is relatively unchanging, it saves resources and it promotesjudicial efficiency.

. . . It is the most important application of a theory of decisionmaking consistency in our legal culture and

. . . is an obvious manifestationofthenotionthatdecisionmakingconsistencyitself has normative value.’’ (Citation omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) Id., 519. ‘‘The doctrine of stare decisis protects the legitimate expectations of those who live under the law, and

. . . is one ofthe means by whichexercise ofanarbitrarydiscretioninthe courtsis restrained.’’ (Citation omitted; internalquotationmarks omitted.) Hubbard v. United States, 514 U.S. 695, 716, 115 S. Ct. 1754, 131 L. Ed. 2d 779 (1995) (Scalia, J., concurring inpart and concurring inthejudgment). We also have recognized that this court will overrule aprevious decision when it is clearly wrong. See, e.g., State v. Miranda, 274 Conn. 727, 734, 878 A.2d 1118 (2005).10
The majority fails to explain why ‘‘the most cogent
reasons andinescapable logicrequire’’ thatwe overturn Mendillo; State v. Salamon, supra, 287 Conn. 519; or why it simply believes that Mendillo was wrongly decided. In overruling this court’s holding in Mendillo, the majority destroys any semblance ofstability in this
area of the law. For instance, insurers now cannot be
sure whetherthis courtwillfurtherextendthis cause of actiontostepchildren, aquestionthemajorityexpressly leavesunresolved, orotherfamilymembers. Toaccount for this uncertainty, insurers may raise premiums for all insureds, which would be a rational response to the unpredictability the majority has introduced into this
area of the law by overruling Mendillo, a case under which insurers and insureds have operated for nearly twenty years. In sum, the question ofwhetherto overturnMendillo and create a cause of action for the loss of parental consortium rests onpolicy considerations that onlythe legislature properly can evaluate. Moreover, the majority of other states that have addressed this issue have declined, as we did in Mendillo, to recognize such a
cause ofaction. This court will now be onlythe second state supreme court in the country to recognize this
cause of action in the absence of any legislative pronouncement supporting its creation. Finally, the principle of stare decisis dictates that we should adhere to
our holding in Mendillo

. In overruling Mendillo, rather than deferring to the legislature, the majority casts a shadow of doubt over when and to what extent this court will further expand the scope of loss of consortium claims.
For the foregoing reasons, I respectfully dissent.

1 The traditional nuclearfamilyhas become aminority inAmerica. In fact, presently, only 20 percent of households would be considered traditional

or nuclear families, that is, a husband and wife plus children. See J. Walter Thompson Intelligence, ‘‘Meet the New Family’’ (September, 2014) pp. 6–7, available at https://d3ftitl17j4lal.cloudfront.net/b49a88b0-5573-4347-80e8- 55300923190f-all documents.pdf (last visited September 21, 2015). Among the alternativefamilyforms are cohabiting couples, same-sexcouples, single parent households, and extended family (or multigenerational) households. See J. Merrill, note, ‘‘Two Steps Behind: The Law’s Struggle To Keep Pace with the Changing Dynamics of the American Family,’’ 2009 Utah L. Rev. 557, 558. These changing family structures make weighing public policies regarding family concerns more difficult than ever, and such issues should be left to the elected branches of government.
2 I acknowledge that the plaintiffs argue that the cause of action for loss of parental consortium should include damages arising from their father’s injuries sustained prior to his death and damages arising from his death. However, that does not change the fact thatthe two causes ofaction cannot be conflated. The majority rightly concludes that we cannot allow the latter claim, and, therefore, I am concerned only with the former.

3 See Fla. Stat. Ann. § 768.0415 (West 2011); Iowa Code Ann. § 613.15 (West 1999); La. Civ. Code Ann. art. 2315 (B) (2008); R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1- 41 (b) (2012); Hibpshman v. Prudhoe Bay Supply, Inc., 734 P.2d 991, 997 (Alaska 1987); Villareal v. Dept. of Transportation, 160 Ariz. 474, 477, 774 P.2d 213 (1989); Ferriter v. Daniel O’Connell’s Sons, Inc., 381 Mass. 507,516, 413 N.E.2d 690 (1980); Bergerv. Weber, 411 Mich. 1, 13, 17, 303 N.W.2d 424 (1981); Pence v. Fox, 248 Mont. 521, 527, 813 P.2d 429 (1991); Gallimore

v. Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 67 Ohio St. 3d 244, 255, 617 N.E.2d 1052 (1993); Williams v. Hook, 804 P.2d 1131, 1138 (Okla. 1990); Reagan v. Vaughn, 804 S.W.2d 463, 467 (Tex. 1990), modified on other grounds, Texas Supreme Court, Docket No. C-9548 (Tex. March 6, 1991); Hay v. Medical Center Hospital, 145 Vt. 533, 545, 496 A.2d 939 (1985); Ueland v. Pengo Hydra-Pull Corp., 103 Wn. 2d 131, 140, 691 P.2d 190 (1984);Belcherv. Goins, 184 W. Va. 395, 406, 400 S.E.2d 830 (1990); Theama v. Kenosha, 117 Wis. 2d 508, 527, 344 N.W.2d 513 (1984); Nulle v. Gillette-Campbell County Joint Powers Fire Board, 797 P.2d 1171, 1176 (Wyo. 1990). The majority notes that twentyjurisdictions recognize the cause ofaction that it creates today. I do not agree with its characterization of the law in Minnesota, New Mexico, and South Dakota. The majority citesLefto v. HoggsbreathEnterprises, Inc., 567 N.W.2d 746 (Minn. App. 1997), aff’d, 581 N.W.2d 855 (Minn. 1998), to support its claim that Minnesota recognizes a limited loss of parental consortium claim. In Lefto, however, the Minnesota Supreme Court, which affirmed the decision of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, did not determine that the child could assert a claim for loss of parental consortium. See Lefto v. Hoggsbreath Enterprises, Inc., 581 N.W.2d 855, 857–58 (Minn. 1998). Instead, that court interpreted Minnesota’s dram shop law and concluded that the child in question could recover damages under that law for injuries the defendant caused to her mother’s fiance, with whom the mother and her daughter had been cohabiting. Id., 856–58. The majority cannot seriously contend that allowing recovery undera dram shop law is the same as recognizing a cause of action for loss of parental consortium, even if it only claims that it is a similar cause ofaction. Moreover, the Minnesota Supreme Court previously had expressly rejected a claim for loss of parental consortium. Salin v. Kloempken, 322 N.W.2d 736, 742 (Minn. 1982) (‘‘[w]e conclude

. . . that

. . . a new cause of action on behalf of a child for the loss of parental consortium should not be recognized’’). Similarly, the majority cites a case decided by the New Mexico Court of Appeals, Brenneman v. Board ofRegents, 135 N.M. 68, 84 P.3d 685 (App.), cert. denied, 135 N.M. 51, 84 P.3d 668 (2003). InBrenneman, as in the Lefto

case in Minnesota, the court was interpreting an unrelated statute, namely, New Mexico’s Tort Claims Act. See id., 69. The court in Brenneman concluded: ‘‘Theplain language ofthe [Tort Claims] Act, [the] cases interpreting it, and its legislative history all indicate that loss of consortium damages should be recoverable [there]under

. . . .’’ Id., 72. That case says nothing about allowing claims for loss of parental consortium that are brought independently of the New Mexico Tort Claims Act. At best, it can be said that the law in New Mexico is unclear; it certainly cannot be argued that New Mexico has generally recognized a cause of action for the loss of parental consortium. With respect to South Dakota, the majority cites Zoss v. Dakota Truck Underwriters, 590 N.W.2d 911 (S.D. 1999), a wrongful death case. See id., 912. The majority is correct that South Dakota allows a child to ‘‘recover [the] pecuniary value of [the] loss of society and companionship [of the parent], which includes such things as protection, guidance, advice and assistance

. . . .’’ Footnote 9 ofthe majority opinion, quoting Zoss v. Dakota Truck Underwriters, supra, 914. The point the majority fails to understand, however, is that such recovery is limited to cases involving the wrongful death ofthe parent. See Zoss v. Dakota Truck Underwriters, supra, 914. In fact, the court in Zoss seemed to suggest that there is no claim for loss of parental consortium when it defined consortium as ‘‘a right growing out of the marital relationship

. . . .’’ (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Id. Although I cannot saywith certaintythat South Dakotahas rejected a cause of action for loss of parental consortium arising out of a parent’s nonfatal injury, the majority certainly cannot claim that it has recognized such a
cause of action or a similar cause of action.

4 See Patterson v. Hays, 623 So. 2d 1142, 1146 (Ala. 1993); Lewis v. Rowland, 287 Ark. 474, 478–79, 701 S.W.2d 122 (1985); Borer v. American Airlines, Inc., 19 Cal. 3d 441, 451, 453, 563 P.2d 858, 138 Cal. Rptr. 302 (1977); Lee v. Dept. ofHealth, 718 P.2d 221, 233–34 (Colo. 1986); Mendillo

v.BoardofEducation, supra, 246 Conn. 461, 477; Washingtonv. Washington Hospital Center, 579 A.2d 177, 179 n.1 (D.C. 1990); W.J. Bremer Co

. v. Graham, 169 Ga. App. 115, 116–17, 312 S.E.2d 806 (1983), cert. denied, 252 Ga. 36, 312 S.E.2d 787 (1984); Halberg v. Young, 41 Haw. 634, 646 (1957); Green v. A. B. Hagglund & Soner, 634 F. Supp. 790, 796–97 (D. Idaho 1986);Karagiannakos v. Gruber, 274 Ill. App. 3d 155, 158, 653 N.E.2d 932, appeal denied, 164 Ill. 2d 565, 660 N.E.2d 1271 (1995); Dearborn Fabricating & Engineering Corp

. v. Wickham, 551 N.E.2d 1135, 1139 (Ind. 1990); Klaus

v.Fox VallenySystems, Inc., 259 Kan. 522, 531, 912 P.2d 703 (1996);Lambert

v. Franklin Real Estate Co., 37 S.W.3d 770, 780 (Ky. App. 2000); Durepo v. Fishman, 533 A.2d 264, 264–66 (Me. 1987); Gaver v. Harrant, 316 Md. 17, 32–33, 557 A.2d 210 (1989); Salin v. Kloempken, 322 N.W.2d 736, 742 (Minn. 1982); Thompson v. Love, 661 So. 2d 1131, 1135 (Miss. 1995); Powell v. American Motors Corp., 834 S.W.2d 184, 191 (Mo. 1992); Guenther ex rel. Guenther v. Stollberg, 242 Neb. 415, 421, 495 N.W.2d 286 (1993); General Electric Co

. v. Bush, 88 Nev. 360, 368, 498 P.2d 366 (1972); Harrington v. Brooks Drugs, Inc., 148 N.H. 101, 104, 808 A.2d 532 (2002); Russell v. Salem Transportation Co., 61 N.J. 502, 504, 506, 295 A.2d 862 (1972); DeAngelis

v. Lutheran Medical Center, 58 N.Y.2d 1053, 1055, 449 N.E.2d 406, 462 N.Y.S.2d 626 (1983); Vaughn v. Clarkson, 324 N.C. 108, 111, 376 S.E.2d 236 (1989); Hastings v. JamesRiverAerieNo. 2337-Fraternal OrderofEagles, 246 N.W.2d 747, 753 (N.D. 1976); Norwest v. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, 293 Or. 543, 563, 567, 652 P.2d 318 (1982); Steiner ex rel. Steiner

v. Bell Telephone Co., 358 Pa. Super. 505, 522, 517 A.2d 1348 (1986), aff’d, 518 Pa. 57, 540 A.2d 266 (1988); Taylor v. Medenica, 324 S.C. 200, 222, 479 S.E.2d 35 (1996); Taylor v. Beard, 104 S.W.3d 507, 511 (Tenn. 2003). The majority cites a case from the United States District Court for the District ofHawaii, namely, Marquardtv. UnitedAirlines, Inc., 781 F. Supp. 1487 (D. Haw. 1992); seefootnote 11 ofthe majorityopinion; which surmises that the Hawaii Supreme Court would overrule its earlier decision declining to recognize a cause of action for the loss of parental consortium. See Marquardt v. United Airlines, Inc., supra, 1492. Until the Hawaii Supreme Court does so, however, the law in Hawaii is that no such cause of action exists.

5 I, like the majority, have not found any cases or statutes concerning this issueinDelaware, Utah, orVirginia, and, forthereasonsIstatedinfootnote3 ofthis opinion, Ifindthe lawin NewMexico and SouthDakotato beunclear.

6 See Fla. Stat. Ann. § 768.0415 (West 2011); La. Civ. Code Ann. art. 2315 (B) (2008); R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1-41 (b) (2012); see also Iowa Code Ann. § 613.15 (West 1999) (allowing for recovery of lost value of services and support of injured parent, but claim belongs to injured parent, not child). The Iowa Supreme Court has declined to recognize a cause of action for loss ofparental consortium that can be brought independently by the child. See Audubon-Exira Ready Mix, Inc

. v. Illinois Central GulfRailroad Co., 335 N.W.2d 148, 152 (Iowa 1983). Instead, Iowa allows the injured parent to recover for the lost value of services and support that the injured parent would have provided to the child but for the injury. See Iowa Code Ann. § 613.15 (West 1999).

7 See Hibpshman v. PrudhoeBay Supply, Inc., 734 P.2d 991, 994 (Alaska 1987); Villareal v. Dept. ofTransportation, 160 Ariz. 474, 479, 774 P.2d 213 (1989); Ferriter v. Daniel O’Connell’s Sons, Inc., 381 Mass. 507, 515, 413 N.E.2d 690 (1980); Berger v. Weber, 411 Mich. 1, 13, 303 N.W.2d 424 (1981); Pence v. Fox, 248 Mont. 521, 526–27, 813 P.2d 429 (1991); Gallimore v. Children’sHospitalMedical Center, supra, 67 Ohio St. 3d 250–51; Williams

v. Hook, 804 P.2d 1131, 1136 (Okla. 1990); Reagan v. Vaughn, 804 S.W.2d 463, 465 (Tex. 1990), modified on other grounds, Texas Supreme Court, Docket No. C-9548 (Tex. March 6, 1991); Hay v. Medical Center Hospital, 145 Vt. 533, 537, 496 A.2d 939 (1985); Ueland v. Pengo Hydra-Pull Corp., 103 Wn. 2d 131, 134, 691 P.2d 190 (1984); Belcher v. Goins, 184 W. Va. 395, 403, 400 S.E.2d 830 (1990); Nulle v. Gillette-Campbell County JointPowers Fire Board, 797 P.2d 1171, 1172 (1990).

8 These are but two examples of similar relationships for which liability under the majority’s newly created cause of action could ultimately exist. Other possibilities include aunts and uncles and nieces and nephews, stepparents and stepchildren, foster parents and foster children, and siblings, to name only a few more. In each of these relationships, it is conceivable that the adult, although not the child’s natural or legal parent, stands in loco parentis.

9 The majority pays mere lip service to the principle of stare decisis, claiming that it may properly overrule Mendillo because, in Hopson v. St. Mary’s Hospital, 176 Conn. 485, 494–96, 408 A.2d 260 (1979), we overruled

our earlier decision in Marri v. Stamford Street Railroad Co., 84 Conn. 9, 23–24, 78 A. 582 (1911), in which we declined to recognize a claim for loss of spousal consortium. See footnote 16 of the majority opinion. The only commonalitybetweenthis case andHopson, however, is that theyboth dealwith consortium claims. In Hopson, this court concluded that its decision and reasoning in Marri were no longer persuasive because ‘‘a growing majority of courts have come to recognize a right of action for loss of consortium in either spouse.

. . . The right of a husband to bring an action forloss ofconsortium has long been acknowledged in asubstantial majority of the jurisdictions. The right of the wife

. . . has now been recognized in many jurisdictions.’’ (Citation omitted; footnote omitted.) Hopson v. St. Mary’sHospital, supra, 495. TheconditionsthatexistedinHopson, however, do not exist in the present case. As I discussed previously, the majority of jurisdictions decline to recognize a claim for loss of parental consortium, and, since our decision in Mendillo, no state has recognized such a claim. Therefore, the logic that compelled the court in Hopson to overrule Marri does not compel this court to overrule Mendillo in the present case.
10 The majority does not contend that our holding inMendillo was clearly wrong, nor could it. Indeed, Mendillo could not clearly have been wrong because, when it was decided, more than one half of our sister states had expressly declined to recognize a cause of action for loss of parental consortium. See Mendillo v. Board ofEducation, supra, 246 Conn. 490–91. Moreover, ifMendillo was clearly wrong, then, surely, the legislature would have taken some action in the seventeen years since it was decided. For instance, when this court decided in Craig v. Driscoll, supra, 262 Conn. 339–40, that the state’s Dram Shop Act did not preclude a common-law negligence action against a purveyor of alcoholic beverages that serves liquor to an intoxicated patron who subsequently injures a third party, the legislature took only about four months to effectively overrule this court’s holding in that case. See Public Acts 2003, No. 03-91, § 1.