Legal Opinion
Hewitt v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 10, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-0267-RPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WARRINER, District Judge.
This diversity action is before the Court for approval of a settlement pursuant to Virginia’s Death by Wrongful Act, Va.Code § 8.01-55 (Repl.1977). Two questions are raised. The first requires the Court to determine which of two claimants is the decedent’s surviving spouse. The second, which in part is dependent upon the first, requires the Court to determine whether the amount of the settlement is fair and just and, if so, how the settlement funds should be distributed and apportioned among the several beneficiaries.
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On 14 June 1966 John Carthel Hewitt, a…
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