Legal Opinion
Lynch v. Lynch
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided October 12, 1937No. Action on the Case for Negligence, No. 55PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Layton, C. J.,
charging the jury:
Section 4638 of the Revised Code of 1935, in part, provides that whenever death shall be occasioned by unlawful violence or negligence, and no suit be brought by the party injured to recover damages during his or her life, the widow or widower of any such deceased person, or, if there be no widow or widower, the personal representatives, may maintain an action for and recover damages for the death and loss thus occasioned.
The plaintiff, Effie M. Lynch, is the widow of Ira 0. Lynch, deceased. Contending that her husband’s death was occasioned by and through the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Perry v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1910
- Sobolewski v. GermanSuperior Court of Delaware · 1924
3Cited by21 opinions
- Reynolds v. WillisSupreme Court of Delaware · 1965
- Sammons Ex Rel. Sammons v. RidgewaySupreme Court of Delaware · 1972
- Saunders v. HillSupreme Court of Delaware · 1964
- Nance v. ReesSupreme Court of Delaware · 1960
- O'Toole v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
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