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COMMERCIAL UNION INS. CO. v. PELCHAT

No. 97-622-Appeal.

727 A.2d 676 (1999)

COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY v. Raymond A. PELCHAT and Bruce N. Goodsell, in his Capacity as the Administrator of the Estate of Bonnie Lynn Pelchat.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

March 24, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Kelleher, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Donna M. DiDonato, Providence, for Defendants.

Before WEISBERGER, C.J., and LEDERBERG, BOURCIER, FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ.

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

This case requires us to determine who, if anyone, is entitled to recover benefits in a wrongful death action in which a husband was the proximate cause of his new wife's death. The wrongful death act provides that a decedent's next of kin become beneficiaries in the event there are no spouse and children. Guided by our canons of statutory construction and our prior case law, we hold that the wrongful death act permits...

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