Currie v. Fiting

375 Mich. 440 (1965)

134 N.W.2d 611

CURRIE

v.

FITING.

Calendar No. 76, Docket No. 50,112.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 10, 1965.

Rehearing denied June 7, 1965.

Peter F. Cicinelli and Eugene D. Mossner, for plaintiff.

Smith, Brooker & Harvey (Webster Cook, of counsel), for defendant.

ADAMS, J.

This case involves a wrongful death action brought for the death of Linda Kay Hopkins, a 21-year-old girl, who was killed in a two-car collision. The trial judge awarded $3,147.14 for funeral and burial expenses, $1,000 per year for loss of society and companionship of decedent for the average life…