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Torts!
Resource 24 . 4 . 3
13 minutes

Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Sutton : "The Worth of a Child Case"

Jonathan Zittrain,
Jordi Weinstock

How should courts calculate the pecuniary "loss" of children who are wrongfully killed? Could our damages system reinforce societal inequities? 

Mississippi Supreme Court
765 So. 2d 1269
No. 97-CT-00634-SCT
2000-08-24

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