VOELKEL v. BENNETT

No. 7380.

115 F.2d 102 (1940)

VOELKEL et al. v. BENNETT.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

October 11, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred C. Gartner, Herbert Welty, Arno P. Mowitz, and Harry C. Kohlhas, Jr., all of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

W. Glenn George and Ralph N. Kellam, both of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before MARIS, JONES, and GOODRICH, Circuit Judges.


GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This was a civil action for damages resulting from the negligent killing of five year old Thomas Voelkel. The child was struck by an automobile operated by the defendant and was dead upon his arrival at a hospital. Apparently he never regained consciousness after being struck. The action was brought jointly by his parents in their own right and by the father as administrator.

The parents' right of action is derived from the Act of...

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