wrongful death
Legally actionable fatality
Wrongful death is a legal term for a death caused by another party's negligence or misconduct.
It forms the basis for civil lawsuits brought by surviving family members seeking compensation: The family filed a wrongful death suit against the hospital.
Unlike criminal homicide charges, wrongful death claims seek monetary damages rather than imprisonment.
Civil court proceeding
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- litigationLegal dispute process
- tortActionable civil harm
liability · damages · verdict · attorney · malpractice · trial · testimony · jurisdiction
Resolved dispute or colony
- damagesCompensation for injury
- beneficiariesThose who receive advantages
- estateProperty and grounds
- heirsThose who inherit
claim · payout · restitution · award · indemnity · economic loss · survivor benefits · funeral expenses
State following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- mourningPeriod following loss
- anguishIntense mental suffering
heartache · funeral · memorial · widow · widower · orphan · survivors · condolences
Sudden violent impact
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- fatalityDeath from accident
- vehicularOf or involving automobiles
- trafficMovement along routes
pedestrian · workplace · drowning · industrial · construction · product defect · motor vehicle · trucking
Harmful professional negligence
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
- neglectFailure to provide care
oversight · omission · fault · incompetence · duty of care · breach · foreseeability · standard of care
lawsuit
Civil court proceeding
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- litigationLegal dispute process
tort · liability · damages · verdict · attorney · malpractice · trial · testimony · jurisdiction · deposition
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
- damagesCompensation for injury
- beneficiariesThose who receive advantages
- estateProperty and grounds
heirs · claim · payout · restitution · award · indemnity · economic loss · survivor benefits · funeral expenses · lost wages
bereavement
State following loss
anguish · heartache · funeral · memorial · widow · widower · orphan · survivors · condolences · remembrance
crash
Sudden violent impact
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- fatalityDeath from accident
- vehicularOf or involving automobiles
traffic · pedestrian · workplace · drowning · industrial · construction · product defect · motor vehicle · trucking · aviation
malpractice
Harmful professional negligence
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
neglect · oversight · omission · fault · incompetence · duty of care · breach · foreseeability · standard of care · gross negligence
- court casestrials, murder trials, court cases, verdicts, civil cases
- toxic tortsmesothelioma, asbestos exposure, lead poisoning, silicosis, Agent Orange
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
- accident claimsaccident claim, car accident claim, damage claim, injury claim, liability claim
- civil trialsplaintiff, lawsuit, jury trial, bench trial, jury
wrongful deathnatural death
Death from internal causes
natural causes · accidental death · old age · peaceful death · terminal illness
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