Supreme Court of New Jersey

Ruth Graf and Walter P. Graf, Her Husband, and Walter P. Graf

October 19, 196443 N.J. 303

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the New Jersey Death Act does not provide a cause of action for the wrongful death of a stillborn child because the statute limits damages to pecuniary loss, which cannot be proven for an unborn child. Accordingly, the trial court's summary judgment dismissing the wrongful death count was affirmed.