Case Name: In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Laird M. WOLFE, Deceased. Petition of Linda D. Wolfe
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2008-04-04
Citations: 946 A.2d 641
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Laird M. WOLFE, Deceased. Petition of Linda D. Wolfe.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 946
Pages: 641–641

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Laird M. WOLFE, Deceased. Petition of Linda D. Wolfe.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
April 4, 2008.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 4th day of April 2008, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED to the issue set forth below.
Whether damages recovered from a wrongful death action can be distributed to a decedent's beneficiaries in the proportion they would take the personal estate of the decedent in the case of intestacy, pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 8301, regardless of whether those beneficiaries personally suffered no pecuniary loss whatsoever?