Silfies v. American Stores Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

Kenneth A. Silfies was killed in a motor vehicle accident and as a result two actions in trespass were instituted against defendant, American Stores Company. In one suit his widow, Lorraine Susan Silfies, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Kenneth A. Silfies, seeks to recover: (a) under the “survival” statute, damages on behalf of decedent’s estate for the pecuniary loss sustained by decedent; and (b) under the “death” statutes, the financial loss suffered by her and by their three minor children because of her husband’s death. The other suit…