Court Opinion

ID: 9714314
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 05:35:09.149951+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:24.544362
License: Public Domain

Mr. Chief Justice Schaefer dissenting: I agree with the general conclusion that there should be recovery for medical, hospital and funeral expenses incurred when a defendant’s negligence causes death. But I am not satisfied that upon the record in this case the plaintiff is entitled to the full amount that she has recovered. Her liability under the Family Expense Act entitles her to recover for money she paid out in satisfaction of those expenses, but I do not see how her liability under that statute can entitle her to recover amounts that were paid with the proceeds of the sale of assets that belonged to her husband’s estate. Whether or not a claim was made by the estate is, in my opinion, immaterial. Those funds did not belong to her, and she should not be permitted to recover them.