Court Opinion

ID: 9735602
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 18:25:30.739363+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:27:00.154078
License: Public Domain

Opinion Concurring and Dissenting in Part by
Mr. Justice Musmanno:
I concur in the affirmance of the lower Court’s refusal to enter judgment n.o.v. I dissent, however, from the Majority decision to reduce to $18,000 the verdict of $25,000 awarded to the Administratrix of the estate of William Martin Fries, deceased.
The Carlisle Tables of Mortality give to a child of 5 years of age a life expectancy of 51 years. Thus, at the age of 21, William Fries could have looked forward to 30 years of remunerative employment. Assuming an income of $80 per week (the amount earned by his father) and $45 a week for maintenance, he would thus have, beyond his maintenance, the amount of $35 per week to save, invest or spend as he saw fit. On the basis of a 4% increment over the years, the present worth of the total amount, less maintenance, would be approximately $31,000. Therefore, it would appear to me that the sum of $24,204.50 for loss of earning power, less maintenance, would not be excessive.