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FRAZIER et al. v. OIL CHEMICAL CO.

407 Pa. 78 (1962)

Frazier (et al., Appellant), v. Oil Chemical Co., Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 20, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Shigon, for appellant.

Maurice Freedman, with him Edward F. Muller, Jr., Robert H. Arronson, and Herbert H. Hadra, for appellee.

Edward H.P. Fronefield, with him Joseph T. Labrum, Jr., William F. Keating, and Lutz, Fronefield, Warner & Bryant, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN and O'BRIEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, March 20, 1962:

This appeal presents an interesting, albeit a narrow, issue: Do children born out of wedlock have a right to share in the recovery of damages for the death of their father in an action instituted under the survival and wrongful death statutes?

As personal representative of the estate of Claude Frazier, deceased, Alberta Frazier instituted an action,1 under the survival statute...

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