King v. Chrysler Corp.

LEVIN, District Judge.

This is a motion to dismiss a common-law tort action brought by Willard King, Jr., for the loss of his wife’s services and for her funeral expenses. The wife was injured on May 28, 1955 while in the course of her employment with the defendant, Chrysler Corporation. These injuries resulted in her death.on June 4, 1955. Pursuant to the provisions of the Michigan Workmen’s Compensation Law, 12 M.S.A. Sec. 17.154 (Cum.Supp. 1955), Comp.Laws Supp.1954, § 412.4, the defendant paid the ambulance, nursing and hospital expenses of his wife’s last illness, in the amount of…