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Gay Partner May Pursue Wrongful Death as Spouse


— April 14, 2003

“In a case of first impression, a judge has ruled that the same-sex partner of an attorney who died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver may pursue a wrongful death action against a local hospital as a spouse under Vermont law,” the New York Law Journal reports here.


“In a case of first impression, a judge has ruled that the same-sex partner of an attorney who died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver may pursue a wrongful death action against a local hospital as a spouse under Vermont law,” the New York Law Journal reports here.

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