Court Opinion

ID: 9724099
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 10:44:16.457133+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:55.535416
License: Public Domain

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.
(dissenting). I agree with the majority that we must examine public policy considerations to determine whether liability will be imposed, even where negligence otherwise might exist (Majority Opinion at 674). Fairness to the defendant requires that we avoid imposing unreasonable liability. However, unlike the majority, I believe that our allowance of recovery only for the negligent *682injury of a member of the nuclear family sufficiently limits liability for loss of society and companionship. I would not impose an inflexible age limitation. The extent of any claimed loss of society and companionship between a parent and an adult child is, I conclude, a matter of proof to be determined by the factfinder. For these reasons, I write separately.