Parents of a child who had to have two toes amputated following an escalator accident may bring a claim against a maintenance contractor for loss of services but not for loss of consortium, a federal judge in Newark has ruled.
In a negligence suit, New Jersey law allows parents to recover for loss of a child’s past or future service but not for loss of the child’s companionship, unlike many other states, U.S. District Judge Katharine Hayden said.
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