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4500 A trial court’s power to allocate a lump-sum award between plaintiffs in a wrongful death action includes the power to allocate a lump-sum settlement in such a case; evidence that the decedent’s marriage was about to terminate bears on what financial support the spouse could reasonably expect had the decedent lived and may be considered by the trial court in making an allocation.CitationCORDER v CORDER (Settlement Allocation) 41 C4 644 [See: CCP 377.61; Corder v Corder (RevGrtd) 132 CA4 1261, P/AT 11/05; Watkins v Nutting 17 C2 490; Changaris v Marvel 231 CA2 308]
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