What is the current state of the law on loss of consortium for unmarried cohabitants?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Butcher v. Superior Court, 139 Cal.App.3d 58, 188 Cal.Rptr. 503 (Cal. App. 1983):
In fact, in terms of precedent, only one case has ever directly addressed the issue of loss of consortium with respect to unmarried cohabitants. That case is Bulloch v. United States (D.N.J.1980) 487 F.Supp. 1078, and there the court allowed the cohabitant wife's claim for loss of consortium.
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