Russell v. Salem Transportation Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• declining to recognize child’s right of action for loss of parental consortium
• a child is totally deprived of a parent's benefit when parent is killed but not, except in unusual circumstances, when he survives
• Conford, P.J.A.D., temporarily assigned, writing for a seven-person, unanimous Court that included Judge Sullivan
• Conford, P.J.A.D., temporarily assigned, writing for a seven-person, unanimous Court that included Judge Sullivan
• a child is totally deprived of a parent’s benefit when parent is killed but not, except in unusual circumstances, when he survives
• “Moreover, the benefit under the death act is solely for pecuniary loss, albeit that may include services or nurture having pecuniary value, but it does not include loss of companionship as such” — referring to a parent’s death

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).