for recovery for loss of consortium is interference with the continuance of a healthy and happy marital life and injury to the conjugal relation.” (citation omitted)). An important element of a party’s claim for loss of consortium in Tennessee is that the defendant must actually be liable for the injuries to the spouse. Thus, an action for loss of consortium in Tennessee is derivative in that it “originates from” or “owes its existence to” the spouse’s claim for personal injuries. Hunley, 38 S.W.3d at 557. However, Tennessee law is also clear that, in the personal injury context, “loss of consortium is a separate claim from that of the injured spouse.” Id. (citations and internal quotation marks omitted). See also Bryant-Bruce v. Vanderbilt Univ., 974 F.Supp. 1127, 1148 (M.D.Tenn.1997) (<HOLDING>); Jackson v. Miller, 776 S.W.2d 115, 117
recognizing cause of action for loss of consortium holding that recovery for loss of consortium is a right  separate and apart from right of injured spouse to receive compensation for personal injuries recognizing loss of consortium claims holding that a loss of consortium is separate and independent from the primary action recognizing that loss of consortium is a right of action separate from that of the spouse