Olson v. Olson Estate

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Glenn E. Olson and his sister Elda L. Carlson died in a single-car accident. Elda’s Estate subsequently sought recovery of a claimed loss of prospective inheritance from Glenn’s Estate. Elda’s Estate contended Glenn was negligent, and Elda’s wrongful death beneficiaries were entitled to recover the prospective inheritance that Elda would have received from Glenn’s Estate had she survived the car accident and died later. This claim was asserted even though Glenn’s will expressly disinherited Elda if she did not survive Glenn for thirty days. The circuit court granted…