Murray v. Long

The majority opinion has failed to note any distinction between a wrongful death action in which parents or children are beneficiaries and a wrongful death action in which the only beneficiaries are collateral heirs. For cases noting this distinction, see Martin, Admx., v. Pennsylvania Rd. Co., 55 Ohio App. 205, paragraph two of the syllabus which reads:

“There is no presumption of pecuniary loss in favor of collateral heirs, resulting from the wrongful death of a child, as there is in the case of parents, since there is no legal obligation on a child to support collateral heirs, and the…