Wojcik v. United Services Automobile Ass'n

DOWNEY, Judge.

Two questions are presented on this appeal. We deem it appropriate to discuss only the first:

“Are parents of a deceased entitled to recover for their mental pain and anguish as a result of the death of their son where he is not a minor?”

Appellant’s adult son was killed in an automobile accident. In a complaint filed by appellant as the deceased’s administrator it was alleged that the sole survivors of the deceased were his mother and father; that the son had lived with his parents and that each parent depended upon the son for services. Among other things, the complaint sought…