Karpinski v. State

This is an appeal by the State from a judgment of the Court of Claims awarding the respondent administrator the sum of $10,000 for the pain and suffering of his decedent wife; the sum of $20,000 for wrongful death; and the sum of $1,881 for funeral expenses.

The decedent had been a known diabetic since age 21 and was ■ about 36 years of age when she died in 1965. The decedent had apparently been able to control her condition on a self manage-. ment program of insulin and diet with monthly medical checkups. She had been employed prior to her marriage in 1953 and after her marriage the diabetic…