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DUBANIEWICZ v. HOUMAN

No. 04-306.

910 A.2d 897 (2006)

2006 VT 99

Dennis J. DUBANIEWICZ, Executor of the Estate of Michael P. Dubaniewicz v. Robert HOUMAN, Linda LaPenna, St. John's Sporting Goods, Inc., Thomas St. John and Dorothy St. John.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

September 15, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Ankuda of Parker & Ankuda, P.C., Springfield, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Samuel Hoar, Jr. of Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., Burlington, for Defendant-Appellee.

Present: REIBER, C.J., and DOOLEY, JOHNSON and SKOGLUND, JJ., and BURGESS, D.J., Specially Assigned.

DOOLEY, J.

¶ 1. Plaintiff appeals the superior court's order denying him any damages for the default judgment he obtained in this wrongful death action. We concur with the court's ruling that plaintiff is not entitled to damages for the decedent's alleged pain and suffering, but we conclude that the court erred by refusing to compensate plaintiff for funeral and burial expenses and by holding that the loss of companionship of an adult sibling is not compensable...

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