ecause the case involved the interpretation of the Connecticut wrongful death statute and the extent of any claim for the loss of filial consortium, not the loss of parental consortium. There is, therefore, no controlling authority in Connecticut on the central issue in this case.
Like almost all states, Connecticut recognized at common law a right of the husband to sue a tortfeasor for the loss of his wife's services (to which he was legally entitled), but not the right of a wife to sue for the loss of her husband's. When in the 19th century, women were given legal rights under the Married Women's Act in Connecticut, Connecticut courts at first denied either spouse the right to sue for loss of marital consortium d
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