PFAU v. V. COMAIR HOLDINGS, INC.

No. 26491.

15 P.3d 1160 (2000)

135 Idaho 152

Bradley PFAU and Renae Bonander, Co Personal Representatives of the Estates of Roy E. Raymond and Verna Marie Raymond, deceased, for and on behalf of the Estates of Roy E. Raymond and Verna Marie Raymond, and the Heirs of said Estates, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COMAIR HOLDINGS, INC., a Kentucky corporation; Comair, Inc., an Ohio corporation; Empresa Brasiliera De Aeronautica, S.A., d/b/a Embraer, a foreign corporation, and EAC-Embraer Aircraft Corporation, a Florida corporation, and Delta Airlines, Inc., a foreign corporation, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, November 2000 Term.

December 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benoit, Alexander, Sinclair, Harwood & High, L.L.P., Twin Falls, for appellants. J. Walter Sinclair argued.

Moore, Baskin & Parker, Boise, Vandeveer Garzin P.C., Troy, Michigan, for respondents. Paige A. Parker argued.


TROUT, Chief Justice.

This case presents a certified question from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan regarding whether the scope of wrongful death damages under Idaho law goes beyond loss of support damages to include loss of inheritance, loss of net accumulation and/or loss of earnings.

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Roy and Verna Marie Raymond were killed...

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