A father who “had been largely absent” from his 4-year-old son’s life is not entitled to wrongful death proceeds from a lawsuit stemming from the child’s drowning.

A three-judge Pennsylvania Superior Court panel consisting of Judges Jack Panella, Deborah Kunselman and John Musmanno upheld a Philadelphia court’s decision that Carl Griggs forfeited his share of the money from a lawsuit filed by the child’s mother, Janelle Johnson.

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