Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2008

In Re the Estate of Wolfe

In Re the Estate of Wolfe
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided April 4, 2008 · Per Curiam
946 A.2d 641; 596 Pa. 503; 2008 Pa. LEXIS 387 (Atlantic Reporter, Second Series)

In Re the Estate of Wolfe

Opinion

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 4th day of April 2008, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED to the issue set forth below.

Whether damages recovered from a wrongful death action can be distributed to a decedent’s beneficiaries in the proportion they would take the personal estate of the decedent in the case of intestacy, pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 8301, regardless of whether those beneficiaries personally suffered no pecuniary loss whatsoever?

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