Reynolds v. City of Los Angeles

Opinion

SUTTON, J. *

This is an appeal from a judgment of nonsuit in a wrongful death action. The record on appeal is an agreed statement of the parties per California Rules of Court, rule 6. The litigants urge that it is a case of first impression. The issue presented is very narrowly drawn: Is a surviving “parent” of an “informally” adopted deceased minor child within the class of survivors in Code of Civil Procedure section 377 for purposes of prosecuting a wrongful death action resulting from the accidental death of the minor? The “formality” or “informality” of the adoption procedures in…