Opinion ID: 2274252
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Consortium Claim

Text: Based on our decision in Hunley, 38 S.W.3d at 557, the Chancellor correctly determined that DuPont's subrogation interest does not attach to Mrs. Correll's recovery from third-party tortfeasors for loss of consortium. The Chancellor stated that forty percent of the settlement proceeds that Mrs. Correll had received at the time of trial was attributable to the loss of consortium claim. There was, however, no basis for determining whether such an allocation of the recovery from third-party tortfeasors was reasonable for purposes of calculating DuPont's subrogation interest. With regard to settlement proceeds that the plaintiff has received subsequent to the trial in this case, there has been no determination regarding what portion, if any, of such proceeds is attributable to the loss of consortium claim, or whether allocation to the loss of consortium claim is reasonable. Accordingly, we remand the case to the trial court for a determination of the amount of the plaintiff's recovery from third-party tortfeasors, including money she has received subsequent to the trial in this case that is reasonably attributable to her loss of consortium claim, for purposes of determining the extent of DuPont's subrogation interest under Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-112.