The trial court, in ruling on a petition to approve distribution of a settlement of a death claim arising out of a motor vehicle accident, refused to allocate to the deceased child's mother any of the net settlement proceeds although there had been neither a judicial determination nor admission of fault. The trial court concluded that public policy prohibited her from benefiting from her own negligent wrongdoing...
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