NOUN
- a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs
How To Use wrongful death In A Sentence
- A California woman is suing a hospital for wrongful death because her husband fainted and suffered a fatal injury after helping delivery room staff give her a painkilling injection.
- The money the family receives from the manufacturer for the wrongful death of a child will never satisfy them.
- The appellant syllogizes that because in this case the pursuit of a wrongful death action was part of the unfulfilled duties of the personal representative, the powers of the personal representative endure until the completion of the wrongful death action.
- The family of a Murray County High "bullycide" victim files a wrongful death suit against the school system. WDEF News 12 -
- There is also the matter of wrongful death at the hands of Federation agents of our representative on the planet you call Capella Four. Pawns and Symbols
- A newly married wife or husband can take leave from work to care for a spouse, or sue for a partner's wrongful death.
- This is a creature of state law, this wrongful death claim, " the judge said.
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- In the end, the government paid Randy Weaver and his daughters 3.1 million dollars to settle a wrongful death lawsuit over his wife andson. The Volokh Conspiracy » Waco
- Tainted Cardioplegia Maker Pays $5.5 Million for Wrongful Deaths cardioplegia, a drug used in heart bypass surgery, has agreed to settle four wrongful death lawsuits for more than $5.5 million. NewsInferno
