Per Curiam.
The recovery in a wrongful death action must be distributed to the widow and next of kin "in proportion to the pecuniary injuries suffered" by each (Decedent Estate Law, § 133). By the order appealed from the Acting Surrogate directed a distribution simply according to life expectancy, so that the widow received 18% and her two sons received 82% of the recovery. Nothing in the record warrants a finding that their loss so exceeded hers. The...
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