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Article: LOBBYISTS TO TACKLE STATE'S WRONGFUL-DEATH LAW.(CAPITAL REGION)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 21, 1995
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Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer ALBANY Howard Corman was the loving son and sibling of a family that planned to watch him grow in his life and career.
But under New York's 149-year-old wrongful-death statute, which values Corman's life at $7.67 a day, none of that matters.
All that is relevant in the death of Corman is that he was a 25-year-old waiter who didn't earn much and didn't have any dependents. Hence, hisanticipated 75-year-old life, according to a settlement this week, was worth a grand total of $140,000 or $7.67 a day.
Now, Corman's mother, Judith, and father, Selig, say it is time for change and claim that the law is callous ...