BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- One day after getting married, a lesbian couple filed a medical malpractice lawsuit asking that one of the women receive damages because doctors failed to detect breast cancer in her spouse.

 

The lawsuit filed Friday claims "loss of consortium" for Michelle Charron, 44, because of the advanced breast cancer in new wife Cindy Kalish, 39.

 

Loss of consortium is a legal claim long available to spouses, but only newly available to gay and lesbian couples since the state began allowing same-sex marriage Monday. The lawsuit provides a glimpse into the kinds of legal battles involving gay and lesbian unions that Massachusetts courts can now expect.

 

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I thought by the sound of a clinic that it was about an STD or another cancer type...maybe even the US government stepping in.

They should throw it out since she knew the condition before she 'married' her. This case should never see the inside of a court room. Sounds like a shakedown to me.