Kathy May Huber v. Cecilia Eubanks

¶ 55. I agree with my colleagues in the plurality that the chancellor correctly con-*872eluded , that she was without authority to divide the wrongful death settlement proceeds unequally. I write separately to express my disagreement with the line of cases which allows for a proportional division of damages for loss of society and companionship among wrongful death beneficiaries.

¶ 56. The wrongful death statute, Mississippi Code Section 11-7-13, provides, in pertinent part:

Damages for the injury and death of a married man shall be equally distributed to his wife and children, and if he has…