In re the Estate of Niles

Con. G. Cholakis,

J. Ronald J. Niles was killed in an automobile accident on August 22, 1970. Thereafter, and on September 2, 1970, his father, Harold Niles, Sr., was appointed administrator of his estate. An action was commenced in Rensselaer County Supreme Court by said administrator to recover for wrongful death. Ultimately, $7,000 was offered in settlement of the claim for the death of the 21-year-old decedent.

By a petition dated August 13, 1974, the administrator requests an order authorizing him to compromise and settle the pending action for wrongful death, for the payment of certain…