Opinion ID: 2194643
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Heading: Appellants failed to establish a prima facie case of loss of consortium.

Text: A loss of consortium claim depends on whether the underlying claim of negligence against the defendant has been proven. Massengale v. Pitts, 737 A.2d 1029, 1033 (D.C.1999); see also Casper v. Barber & Ross Co., 109 U.S.App. D.C. 395, 397 n. 1, 288 F.2d 379, 380 n. 1 (1961) (spouse's damage claim for loss of consortium is dependent on plaintiff establishing that defendant was negligent ). Because appellants' failed to establish a prima facie case of negligence, judgment was properly granted on this issue. [17] Appellants failed to establish a prima facie for any of the causes of action advanced at trial. As such, the motion for judgment as a matter of law was properly granted.