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  • In Re: Marsh

    Publication Date: 2017-12-19
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1826

    Descendents mere speculation that decedent died from something other than natural causes was insufficient reasonable cause to warrant disinterment of decedents remains. Order of the orphans court affirmed.

  • Ewing v. Dept of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2017-10-17
    Practice Area: Damages | Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: President Judge Leavitt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1563

    Trial court erred in overruling DOTs preliminary objections to the claims of decedents mother and children for loss of future services and financial support because the sovereign immunity act barred a parent or child from recovering damages for the loss of decedents future services and financial support in a wrongful death action.