REDMANN, Judge.
May a wife, as part of a compromise between her tort-injured husband and the tortfeasor, effectively release her possible claim against the tortfeasor for her own losses from the husband's death if it results from the tort?
A widow appeals from the dismissal of her wrongful death action on exception of res judicata, based on a "receipt and release" which (if a compromise or transaction, C.C. art. 3071) has, "between the interested parties,...
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