Clark v. Jones

OP ALA, Justice;

Certified to us under the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, 20 O.S. 1981 § 1601 et seq., is the following first-impression question;

“Whether damages for loss of love, affection and companionship are recoverable by sisters and brothers of a minor decedent under the law of the State of Oklahoma, Title 12 §§ 1053 and 1055.”

We hold that under the provisions of 12 O.S. 1981 §§ 1053 and 1055 1 loss of love, affection and companionship, occasioned by the death of an unemancipated minor, do not constitute elements of damage that may be recovered by a surviving sibling.

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