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BURT v. MEYER

400 Mass. 185 (1987)

508 N.E.2d 598

BONNIE BURT & others vs. STELLA J. MEYER, executrix.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

June 4, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Miles for the executrix.

Benjamin A. Barnes (Edward M. Lee with him) for Bonnie Burt & others.

Present: WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

LIACOS, J.

At issue in this case is the distribution of moneys recovered pursuant to a judgment for compensatory and punitive damages pursuant to G.L.c. 229, § 2 (1984 ed.), the wrongful death statute.

On December 21, 1981, a jury in the Superior Court returned a verdict in a wrongful death action (the Meyer wrongful death action) brought by Stella J. Meyer, executrix of the estate of Earl J. Meyer, against...

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