{"id":1569,"date":"2007-06-09T13:26:57","date_gmt":"2007-06-09T13:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/loss_of_consortium_claims\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T16:13:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:13:59","slug":"loss-of-consortium-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/loss-of-consortium-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Loss of Consortium Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of the clients we represent are married individuals.  When they are seriously injured, obviously, their spouses are adversely affected.  The emotional toll of caring for an injured spouse, worrying about their health and financial issues and being overwhelmed by dealing with the totality of a serious injury case can be debilitating.  The spouse of the actual client may be emotionally taxed and physically burdened by increased demands and therefore entitled to compensation for their damages.  The question is whether a loss of consortium claim should be asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Our experience indicates that Georgia juries do not typically award very much money  on loss of consortium claims unless the claim is based on a serious injury which resulted in real and palpable damage to the innocent spouse.  While every spouse suffers inconvenience and hardship caused by an injury to their significant other, most Georgia juries tend to believe that this is a part of a marriage. . . \u201cthe for better or worse\u201d part.   Compensation is typically not awarded for performing what is expected of someone but when the demands are truly extraordinary and the burdens heavy and the injuries and damages significant, Georgia juries will award consortium damages.<\/p>\n<p>There is a common myth that loss of consortium claims only involve loss of sexual services.  This is not the case at all.  While we have had cases where a spouse\u2019s sexual organs have been damaged in an accident such that they could no longer have conjugal relations, and while juries are obviously sympathetic to such a loss of consortium claim, the typical loss of consortium claim not only involves a loss of conjugal relations but a loss of society, affection and comfort as a whole as well as an increase in the demands and burdens caused by the entire ordeal upon the innocent spouse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/loss-of-consortium-claims\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Loss of Consortium Claims\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of the clients we represent are married individuals. When they are seriously injured, obviously, their spouses are adversely affected. 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