In the death cases, according to the
opinion, the basis of damage was not
the value of a life lost or the loss sus
tained by the estate of the Mecedant,
but the losses as to claimants resulting
from the death, "in so far as such losses
are susceptable of being measured by
pecuniary standards."
In determining the amount of com
pensation for such losses, the umpire
took into ‘consideration the amounts
“which the decedant, had he not been
killed, would probably have contributed
to the claimant: the pecuniary value to
such claimant of the deceased's personal
services in claimant’! care, education
or supervision and a reasonable figure
for such mental suffering or shock, if
any, caused by the violent severing of
family ties as claimant may actually
have sustained by reason of such
death.”
1,390 Claims Dismissed
The principles, announced in the
opinion of November 1, will be followed
in the deciding of Lusitania claims. Tbe
commission had dismissed 1,390 claims,
totaling about $246,000,000, for the re
covery of indurancy premiums paid by
Americans for protection against war
hazards on the ground that under the
treaty of Berlin, Germany should not
be held liable for all losses for the ex
istence caused by a state of war.
