Legal Opinion
Dorothy Sornborger, of the Estate of Annie Miller Pope New-Bold v. District Dental Laboratory, Inc., and Carl I. Sanderson, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 30, 1959No. 19-1223PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
The parties to this appeal have agreed on the following statement of the question before us, namely:
“Whether an act of negligence causing death can give rise simultaneously to two separate and independent claims, viz., one under the Wrongful Death Act, § 16-1201, D.C.Code, and another under the Survival Act, § 12-101, D.C.Code, and whether, therefore, the District Court erred in denying plaintiff’s motion to amend her complaint to include a demand for damages under the Survival Act over and above the initial demand for damages under the Wrongful Death Act on the sole ground that the remedies…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ora Greene Hudson, Administratrix of the Estate of Garland Hudson, Deceased v. David Lazarus, Samuel Juster and Calvin JusterCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Strother v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
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