PHILLIPS v. LUST

Civil Action No. 3702-47.

82 F.Supp. 63 (1949)

PHILLIPS v. LUST.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

January 31, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson Brodsky, of Washington, D. C., for defendant, for the motion.

Henry Lincoln Johnson, Jr., of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff, opposed.


HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

Count Two of the amended complaint seeks to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff's decedent prior to his death. Until recently such an action would not have survived under the laws of the District of Columbia. The Act of June 19, 1948, Public Law 677, 80th Congress, D.C.Code 1940, §§ 12-101, 20-501, provided for the survivorship of tort actions in behalf of or against a decedent. There is a limitation contained...

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