In re the Estate of Vacca

Joseph A. Cox, S.

This court’s review of the computations made by the petitioner with respect to the distribution of the proceeds of the wrongful death action reveals that the proposed distribution of the fund is incorrect. The pecuniary loss to the widow must be based upon the life expectancy of her deceased *121husband. The latest life tables issued in 1959 by the National Office of Vital Statistics of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare must be used (Matter of Shecora, 201 N. Y. S. 2d 191; Matter of Pounds, N. Y. L. J., Jan. 3,1961, p. 71, col. 8; Matter of Kramer, N.…