Legal Opinion
Vera Cruz v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided April 4, 1961No. Civ. No. 2661PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Chief Judge.
The Indiana Wrongful Death Act (Burns’ Ind.Stats.Anno. § 2-404) and the Indiana statute allowing recovery by a parent for the loss of services of a child (Burns’ Ind.Stats.Anno. § 2-217) create independent and mutually exclusive actions. They neither afford optionally alternative remedies nor are they actions that can be pursued together. Mayhew v. Burns, 1885, 103 Ind. 328, 2 N.E. 793; Hahn v. Moore, 1956, 127 Ind.App. 149, 133 N.E.2d 900, 904; Note, Wrongful Death Actions in Indiana, 34 Ind.L.J. 108.
In the case at bar the action has been brought by the father of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Mayhew v. BurnsIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- HAHN v. MooreIndiana Court of Appeals · 1956
- Thompson v. Town of Fort BranchIndiana Supreme Court · 1931
- Myron Herrick v. David Knight Sayler, Administrator, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
- Clevenger v. KernIndiana Court of Appeals · 1935
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Maroon v. State, Department of Mental HealthIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
- Cahoon v. CummingsIndiana Court of Appeals · 1999
- Sansone v. Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corp.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1964
- Estate of Sears Ex Rel. Sears v. GriffinIndiana Supreme Court · 2002
- Davidson v. John Deere & Co.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 1986
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