66.400 Tort Damages; Consortium

66.400 Tort Damages; Consortium A married person has a right to recover for the loss of consortium, sometimes called loss of services, of the spouse. You should be careful to remember that services the law refers to are not only household labor but also society, companionship, affection, and all matters of value arising from marriage. There does not have to be any direct evidence of their value, but the measure of damages is their reasonable value, as determined by the enlightened conscience of impartial jurors taking into consideration the nature of the services and all the circumstances of the case. Brown v. Georgia-Tennessee Coaches Inc., 88 Ga. App. 519 (1953); married woman has action for loss of consortium Nunnally v. Shockley, 97 Ga. App. 300 (1958) Hobbs v. Holliman, 74 Ga. App. 735, 739 (1947) Shepherd Construction Co. Inc. v. Vaughn, 88 Ga. App. 285 (1953)