Legal Opinion
McSwain v. McSwain
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 4, 1966No. Appeal, 249PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts,
In 1962, Herbert McSwain (appellee), a Pennsylvania domiciliary, then a member of the armed forces stationed on. the West Coast, accompanied by his wife (appellant) and infant daughter, embarked on a cross-country trip to Pennsylvania. En route, the McSwain family was involved in an accident when their automobile, operated by appellee, ran off a Colorado highway. As a result of the mishap, the McSwain’s infant daughr ter sustained fatal injuries and died on the. following day.
Subsequently, Mrs. McSwain instituted suit in Pennsylvania under the Colorado Death Act,…
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