Legal Opinion
Bemenderfer v. Williams
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided April 10, 2001No. 49S02-0005-CV-296PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
BOEHM, Justice.
We hold that the wrongful death statute does not operate to preclude the statutory beneficiary who dies before judgment from recovering wrongful death damages. And, as we also held today in Durham v. U-Haul International, 745 N.E.2d 755 (Ind.2001), under the wrongful death - statute loss of consortium damages may be recovered beyond the date of death of the injured spouse for the life expectancy of the deceased spouse or surviving spouse, whichever is less.
Facts and Procedural Background
In 1991, Dorothy Sturgeon shared her home with her eighty-year-old…
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- Shell Oil Co. v. Lovold Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1998
- Botek v. Mine Safety Appliance Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
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3Cited by18 opinions
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