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BLACK v. MOODY

276 A.D.2d 303 (2000)

714 N.Y.S.2d 30

ROBERT S. BLACK et al., Respondents, v. ISHMEL MOODY et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided October 10, 2000.

While defendants contend that Aime Chee-Lan was not the common-law wife of the decedent and accordingly is without standing as a distributee to seek damages for the decedent's alleged wrongful death, summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs' wrongful death cause of action upon this ground was properly denied. While a common-law marriage may not arise in New York, New York does accord recognition to common-law marriages validly contracted...

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