Spouses and parents of minor children have a right of action for the impairment of their relationship with the injured spouse or minor child caused by someone else’s negligence.
A personal injury victim’s relationship with his or her family often suffers as a result of traumatizing personal injury accidents, and the spouses – or in the case of minor children, the parents – are often able to recover a monetary amount for those impaired relationships. Such recoveries can constitute substantial money damages, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars or more in some cases.
There are some limited exceptions to an injured victim’s ability to recover significant monetary damages for loss of consortium. When the injury is caused by a defect in a public road, sidewalk, or other public way, for example, the injured party’s damages will be limited to $5,000, and the spouses and parents can’t recover for impaired relationships.
Our Boston, MA accident lawyers are honored and proud to represent Massachusetts personal injury victims from throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Boston, MA Law Offices of Gilbert R. Hoy, Jr. and Affiliates is an experienced group of Boston, MA lawyers from some of the very best law offices in Massachusetts who have been personally selected by Attorney Hoy to represent our Massachusetts clients, who have been injured through no fault of their own, because of their skill, experience and expertise.
Whatever your Massachusetts legal issue may be, we have an exceptional, highly skilled Boston, MA lawyer specialist to assist you.
