Masciarelli v. John F. Dyer Quarry Co.

Citations

• 66 Pa. Super. 112
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 204

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Death — Parent and child — Expectation of future benefits.</p> <p>In an action by a mother, who was a citizen and resident of a foreign country, to recover damages for the death of her son, twenty-three years of age, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, the plaintiff is entitled to maintain a jud§-> ment on a verdict in her favor for $1,150 where it appears that for a period of about two years the deceased entrusted to a banker’s clerk, periodically calling for that purpose, a considerable portion of his earnings for transmission to the plaintiff, although there is no actual proof that the plaintiff received these sums and applied them to her use.</p>