Legal Opinion
Kanton v. Kelly
Washington Supreme Court
Decided November 15, 1911No. 9694PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered March 28, 1911, upon granting a nonsuit, after a trial before the court and a jury, in an action for wrongful death.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
— This appeal is prosecuted from an order of dismissal entered upon a challenge to the evidence. Michael Kanton lost his life while in the employ of the respondent, and his parents brought'suit to recover damages under the act of 1909, Rem. & Bal. Code, § 183, which extended the right to recover damages for the death of any person to his dependents. The parts of the statute which are material to our inquiry follow:
“No action for a personal injury to any person occasioning his death shall abate, nor shall such right of action determine, by reason of such death, if he have a wife or child…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Boyle v. Columbian Fire Proofing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. LeeTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Mulhall v. FallonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Hedrick v. Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1892
- Bortle v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1910
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Mesher v. OsborneWashington Supreme Court · 1913
- Mitchell v. RiceWashington Supreme Court · 1935
- Shafer v. United States Casualty Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1916
- Baird v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1914
- Grant v. Libby, McNeill LibbyWashington Supreme Court · 1927
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