damages for a decedent’s pain and suffering. See id. at 1294 n. 1. In 1978, however, the D.C. Survival Act was amended to eliminate any restriction on recovery for pain and suffering. Therefore, “the 1978 amendment to 12 D.C.Code § 101 which eliminated a previously-existing prohibition on damages for the decedent’s pain and suffering reflects a legislative intent to allow such recovery.” Graves v. United States, 517 F.Supp. 95, 99 (D.D.C.1981). Since the change in the D.C. Survival Act allowing recovery of damages for pain and suffering of the decedent, courts have not hesitated to award compensatory damages for pain and suffering. See, e.g., id. (awarding $75,000 for decedent’s pain and suffering); Mynatt v. Heine, Civil No. 89-0748, 1991 WL 45734, at *4 (D.D.C. Mar. 21,1991) (<HOLDING>); Faggins v. Fischer, 853 A.2d 132, 141
holding that claims for pain and suffering are the separate property of a spouse holding that jury could not logically award all costs for the surgery and no damages for future pain and suffering recognizing as separate from pain and suffering recognizing as an element of pain and suffering holding that plaintiffs made a sufficient claim for damages for predeath pain and suffering by decedent