In re Acquafredda
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenblatt, J.
On this appeal we are called upon to review a decree of the Surrogate relative to the distribution of the proceeds of a wrongful death action and to undertake the first appellate review of the so-called "Kaiser formula” (Matter of Kaiser, 198 Misc 582). The decedent was survived by his wife and their two infant children. The Surrogate ruled that the proceeds be divided in equal one-third shares among the decedent’s widow and the two children. The widow has appealed, asserting that the Surrogate erred in making that allocation, and asks us to direct…
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