MARKS v. LYERLA

Docket No. B054559.

1 Cal.App.4th 556 (1991)

2 Cal. Rptr.2d 63

MARILYN MARKS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CYNTHIA LYERLA et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

December 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Denenberg, Tuffley, Bocan, Jamieson, Black, Hopkins & Ewald and Kirkland W. Garey for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Lawler, Bonham & Walsh, Terrence J. Bonham, Donald F. Austin and Patrick McCarthy for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

STONE (S.J.), P.J.

Appellant Marilyn Marks argues that she is entitled to bring this wrongful death action for the alleged murder of her grand-daughter by the child's mother. We disagree in this case of first impression.

Appellant is only a potential heir of the decedent under the California intestate succession scheme. The alleged murderer is the decedent's sole heir...

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