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Title: Butler v. Halstead By and Through Colley
Author : Supreme Court of the United States
Release Date : January 17, 1989
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 65 KB

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The only question to be resolved in this case is whether a decedents mother and siblings are included in the statutory phrase "every person for whose benefit such action is brought," found in Â§ 1-38-102(c), W.S. 1977, thus permitting them to join in an action for wrongful death, brought pursuant to Â§ 1-38-101, W.S. 1977, when the decedent leaves a surviving child. The district court, relying upon Wetering v. Eisele, 682 P.2d 1055 (Wyo. 1984), ruled, in a declaratory judgment action, that the surviving child "is the only person for whose benefit an action can be brought for the wrongful death of the father * * *." We conclude that the determination of the district court is erroneous, and we reverse the Order and Judgment.