Case Name: Donna H. Toler v. City of Richmond
Court: Richmond Law and Equity Court
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1964-11-02
Citations: 1 Va. Cir. 42
Docket Number: 
Parties: Donna H. Toler v. City of Richmond
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Circuit Court Opinions
Volume: 1
Pages: 42–42

Head Matter:
LAW AND EQUITY COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND
Donna H. Toler v. City of Richmond
November 2, 1964

Opinion:
By JUDGE ROBERT LEWIS YOUNG
I have re-examined the authorities cited in the very able and exhaustive briefs filed on both sides. My opinion remains the same as it was in Ayers v. Spring (A-5020), namely that a married woman negligently injured may not include as an element of her damage her husband's loss of her services and consortium. The married women's acts remove disabilities; they do not create new rights of action. Rush v. Great American Ins. Co., 376 S.W.2d 454 (Tenn. 1964). With us a married woman may now bind herself to pay for 'expenses" and may include a claim for them in her action for the negligent injury, but that is all.