Harp v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

KILKENNY, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court on the ■defendant’s motion for a summary judgment. The action is for loss of consortium by the surviving husband in ■connection with the claimed wrongful ■death of his wife.

The record discloses that Mrs. Harp was electrocuted and that her death was instantaneous or practically so. The ■only evidence that she lived any period of time after the original electrical contact is contained in the Death Certificate where the Deputy Coroner certified that she may have lived “seconds” after the primary contact.

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