Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of Dimirsky
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 14, 1951PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Potts, S.
In this accounting proceeding, the law applicable to the distribution of the proceeds of a settlement of a wrongful death action which arose as the result of the decedent’s death in Connecticut, must be determined.
The decedent, a resident of this county, died in an automobile accident in Connecticut on October 27, 1950. He left surviving him a widow and an infant child.
The law of the place of the wrong governs the rights of the parties with respect to a recovery obtained in a wrongful death action (Loucks v. Standard Oil Co., 224 N. Y. 99; Matter of Petrasek, 191 Misc. 9; Matter of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Loucks v. . Standard Oil Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Greco v. S. S. Kresge Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Chase v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
- Baldwin v. PowellNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- Shaker v. ShakerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In re the Estate of CaccamoNew York Surrogate's Court · 1972