Legal Opinion
Steed v. Imperial Airlines
California Supreme Court
Decided July 25, 1974No. L.A. 30055PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*118Opinion
WRIGHT, C. J.
Elizabeth Ann Steed, a minor, appeals from a judgment for defendants entered by the trial court following its order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment in an action for the wrongful death of Elizabeth’s stepfather, Ronald Steed.
The single issue raised on this appeal is whether a stepchild, treated in all respects as the natural child but not formally adopted by the deceased stepfather, may maintain an action for the wrongful death of the stepparent under Code of Civil Procedure section 377 which at the time the alleged cause of action arose limited such right…
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