Legal Opinion
Williams v. Williams
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided February 13, 1975No. 1 CA-CIV 2378PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NELSON, Presiding Judge.
This appeal raises the question of whether $10,000 received by a decedent’s spouse under an uninsured motorist claim is subject to distribution pursuant to the Arizona wrongful death statute, A.R.S. § 12-612.
Appellants, Jack Tony Williams, Jr. and Jim Lee Williams (Williams boys), are the sons of Joyce Williams, with whom they live, and the decedent, Jack Tony Williams, Sr., by a marriage which was terminated by divorce in 1962. Appellee, Carol Williams, is the second wife, now widow, of the decedent. Decedent was fatally injured in an automobile collision on…
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- Zeagler v. Commercial Union Insurance Co. of NYDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
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