The issue before us is whether the right to bring a wrongful death action under La.C.C. art. 2315 is a civil effect of marriage, and may therefore be maintained by a good faith spouse. We determine that La.C.C. arts. 117 and 118 require that we answer the question affirmatively.
Plaintiff, Edison L. King, and Barbara Elizabeth Livingston had a marriage ceremony performed on July 14, 1971 in Orange...
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