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· 5/11/1983

Guy v. Johnson

Citations

  • 448 N.E.2d 1142
  • 15 Mass. App. Ct. 757
  • 1983 Mass. App. LEXIS 1327

How courts have described this case

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  • under Massachusetts wrongful death statute, Mass.Gen.Laws ch. 229, Sec. 2 (1984), where deceased dies without leaving surviving spouse or parent, damages presumptively awarded to deceased's parents
  • under Massachusetts wrongful death statute, Mass. Gen.Laws ch. 229, § 2 (1984), where deceased dies without leaving surviving spouse or parent, damages presumptively awarded to deceased’s parents
  • section 1(4) “describes the persons or classes of persons who figure as distributees of a wrongful death recovery”
  • father of deceased minor child was presumptive taker under section 1
  • father of deceased minor child was presumptive taker under section 1
  • $37,786.06 for mother and $103.41 for father

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Judges: Brown, Kaplan, Greaney

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