“Assuming that liability for the wrongful death has been established, the following facts and circumstances, alone or with others, establish a definite pecuniary value for the loss of the housewife’s services, where pecuniary loss to the survivors is the measure of damages: Age, health, and life expectancy of decedent and survivors; Household services performed by wife, including evidence of: Services performed by wife for husband’s business or profession; Cost of hiring substitute to perform services housewife customarily performed, including evidence of: Availability of substitutes, Quality of services obtainable.”
[Stein on Personal Injury Damages [certain citations omitted]]
