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23-205. Loss or impairment of services; right of action.Where, through the wrong of another, a married person shall sustain personalinjuries causing the loss or impairment of his or her ability to performservices, the right of action to recover damages for such loss or impairmentshall vest solely in such person, and any recovery therefor, so far as itis based upon the loss or impairment of his or her ability to perform servicesin the household and in the discharge of his or her domestic duties, shallbe for the benefit of such person's spouse so far as he or she shall beentitled thereto. Nothing herein shall in any way affect the right of thespouse to recover damages for the wrongful death of his or her spouse.
History: L. 1921, ch. 177, § 1; R.S. 1923, 23-205;L. 1976, ch. 172, § 5; July 1.
