Owens v. Jackson

NIMMONS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a directed verdict in favor of the defendant and against the two plaintiffs (children of the deceased) in a wrongful death action. We reverse.

This case arose out of the death of Maxine Owens on May 11, 1976. Clarence Owens, the deceased’s husband and personal representative of the estate, brought a wrongful death action on behalf of the estate, himself, and the deceased’s two youngest children, Nyama and Annette. The case was tried before a jury in December, 1984. At the close of plaintiff’s case, defendants moved for a directed verdict as to the two…