Kardas v. State

This is an action for damages for wrongful death and for antecedent pain and suffering. The cause is prosecuted here by the intestate’s widow and sole distributee under limited letters of administration granted by the Surrogate’s Court of Bronx County on October 31, 1960. The claim was timely filed and has not been submitted to any other court or tribunal for determination.

The evidence at trial indicated that Andrew Kardas, a retired employee of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, died by his own hand on August 28, 1960. The deceased had a long history of mental illness, consideration of…