Legal Opinion
Schmoll v. Creecy
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 26, 1969PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Weintraub, C. J.
The principal question is whether illegitimate children may recover damages for the wrongful death of their natural father.
Decedent was married in 1955 and had two children by that marriage. In 1956 he separated from his wife. Thereafter he lived with another woman ostensibly as her husband and had by her five children, all of whom were members of his household when he died in 1966. On motion the trial court held the illegitimate children could not recover damages for the wrongful death of their father despite their dependency upon him.…
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