Fulton v. Lavallee

This action was brought to recover damages for the death of a child pursuant to the provisions of G. L. 1956, §10-7-1 et seq., the wrongful death act, so called. The child died on April 14, 1969, and on May 10, 1969, the boy’s father brought the instant action. It appears from the record that the parents of the deceased child had been divorced in the state of Ohio in 1958 and that at that proceeding the deceased child was made a ward of the Juvenile Court of that state. While legal custody of the child was awarded to neither parent, the mother continued to have physical custody from that time…