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RICKS v. COFFELT

369 A.2d 680 (1977)

Marjorie B. RICKS, Administratrix of the Estate of Regina Dorethia Burton, Plaintiff below, Appellant, v. Jenl L. COFFELT, Administratrix of the Estate of Yvonne C. Harmon, a/k/a Yvonne C. Farmer, et al., Defendants below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided January 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl Haller, Georgetown, for plaintiff below-appellant.

Morton R. Kimmel, Kimmel, Spiller & Bradley, P. A., Wilmington, for defendants below-appellees.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., and DUFFY and McNEILLY, JJ.

DUFFY, Justice.

The single question at issue in this appeal is whether loss of future earnings is a compensable item of damages in a claim for wrongful death in which recovery is sought under the mandatory insurance requirements of 21 Del.C. § 2118.1

I

For present purposes, the facts are few and undisputed. On June 30, 1972 Regina Burton was killed while riding in an automobile for which State Farm Mutual Automobile...

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