Court Opinion

ID: 9706528
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 01:45:36.018664+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:23.355429
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HUTCHINSON, Justice,
dissenting.
Contrary to Mr. Justice Zappala’s exegesis, I believe the Wrongful Death and Survival Acts were entirely creatures of statute, both in England and the United States. Considering our settled interpretation of them and the absence of *238legislative response, I believe the majority incorrectly ventures into policy areas more properly left to the legislature, especially since tort damages for the pain and suffering of parents who have lost their child are compensable in their own tort action. See W.P. Keaton, Prosser and Keaton on The Law of Torts, § 125A (1984).
NIX, C.J., joins in this opinion.