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CANAVIN v. PACIFIC SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

Docket No. 24595.

148 Cal.App.3d 512 (1983)

196 Cal. Rptr. 82

MADONNA CANAVIN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PACIFIC SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

October 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Good & Novack and Ned Good for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Kern, Wooley, Maloney, Kern & Wooley and Ralph S. LaMontagne, Jr., for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

WORK, J.

Madonna Canavin, individually and as guardian ad litem for her three children, appeals the $750,000 lump-sum jury judgment in a wrongful death action against Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) after a plane crash killed Joseph Reed Canavin, her husband and their father. She contends the trial court erred in: (1) not instructing the jury to award damages for grief and sorrow; (2) improperly considering decedent's income...

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