VOELKEL v. BENNET

No. 366.

31 F.Supp. 506 (1940)

VOELKEL et al. v. BENNET.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

January 19, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry C. Kohlhas, Jr., Herbert Welty, and Fred. C. Gartner, all of Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Ralph N. Kellam, of Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

This was a civil action for the negligent killing of a five-year-old boy, brought jointly by his administrator and by his parents in their own right. Under the Pennsylvania statute the joinder of plaintiffs was proper.

Trial by jury resulted in a general verdict for the plaintiffs in the amount of $1,710. To interrogatories submitted by the Court, the jury answered that the $1,710 was awarded to the parents and that nothing was...

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