Court Opinion

ID: 9758966
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 23:57:38.540185+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:00:14.350795
License: Public Domain

COMBS, Judge,
dissenting:
I dissent from the majority opinion as I believe that loss of consortium of an adult child is a logical and proper extension of the reasoning of Giuliani v. Guiler, Ky., 951 S.W.2d 318 (1997). Loss of financial support needed by dependent children was not the only factor considered in Giuliani. The deprivation of love, companionship, and affection was certainly a major component of the loss of consortium claim weighed in that case. That loss is in no way mitigated by the fact that a child has attained the age of majority. Indeed, the bond of love established over a lifetime of association is only enhanced by the passing of time, rendering the loss perhaps even more painful.
I would recognize this natural extrapolation of Giuliani and hold a claim for loss of a parent’s consortium by an adult child to be a cognizable cause of action in Kentucky.