Postema v. Postema Enterprises, Inc.

Jeff Scarbrough brought an action against Albert Postema for the wrongful death of his three year old son. Under instructions narrowly defining “support,” a jury determined Scarbrough had not regularly contributed to the support of his child’s financial well-being and accordingly could not maintain the wrongful death action. After trial, the court ruled that the legislature’s 1998 amendment to the wrongful death statute stating its intent to expand the definition of support did not make substantive changes in the definition, and it denied Scarbrough’s posttrial motions. Although we conclude…