MITCHELL v. BUCHHEIT

No. 59805.

559 S.W.2d 528 (1977)

Devoid MITCHELL and Florence Mitchell, Appellants, v. Rudy BUCHHEIT and Kenneth Buchheit, d/b/a Buchheit Trucking Service, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

December 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Ritter, St. Louis, for appellants.

Robert H. Burns, John H. Marshall, Clayton, for respondents.

John C. Milholland, Harrisonville, amici curiae.


MORGAN, Chief Justice.

After filing an opinion written by Stewart, J., the Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, pursuant to Rule 83.02 transferred the case to this court "for the purpose of [our] reexamining the existing law," relative to whether or not the surviving parents of a minor child, in an action for wrongful death, may recover for pecuniary benefits which they reasonably could have expected after majority of the deceased child.

Decedent was 19 years...

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