wrongful death suit
Fatal negligence claim
A wrongful death suit is a civil lawsuit filed when someone's death results from another party's negligence or intentional harm.
Surviving family members or the estate seek monetary damages for their loss—medical expenses, funeral costs, lost income, and compensation for grief.
The family filed a wrongful death suit against the hospital after their mother died from surgical complications.
- civil lawsuitNon-criminal legal proceeding
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- damagesCompensation for injury
- punitive damagesAward beyond actual losses
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- legal troubleslawsuit, civil suit, criminal charge, arrest, prosecution
- wrongful deathdecedent, fatal injury, beneficiary, dependents
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
wrongful death suitmanslaughter charge
Legal accusation for unintentional killing
criminal indictment · criminal trial · grand jury indictment · criminal complaint · criminal case
wrongful death suitacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
criminal sentencing · imprisonment · incarceration · criminal conviction · exoneration
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