Mrs. Francies Morrison, Individually, and as Guardian of Glendon Morrison v. New Orleans Public Service Inc.

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• explaining that if the case were to proceed without the absent Morrison .children, “they could not subsequently maintain their claims in the Louisiana court because of the Louisiana prohibition against claim-splitting and multiple actions for wrongful death”
• requiring joinder because Louisiana law “permits only a single lump-sum damage award” that “would deprive the absent children of a share in the recovery”
• “In short, the law of Louisiana is that a single wrongful death results in a single cause of action belonging jointly to all survivors of the decedent who are entitled by statute to damages.”

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