wrongful death suits
Fatal liability claims
Wrongful death suits are legal actions brought when someone dies due to another party's negligence or misconduct.
The deceased person's family or estate sues for damages—lost income, medical expenses, funeral costs, and loss of companionship.
These civil cases run parallel to but separate from any criminal proceedings: The family filed a wrongful death suit after the manufacturer was acquitted.
- civil lawsuitNon-criminal legal proceeding
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- loss of lifeSomeone ceasing to exist
damages · punitive damages · pain and suffering · compensation · bereaved · courtroom · settlement · out of court · attorney · legal fees · malpractice · verdict · plaintiff · defendant · grief · accident · fatality · estate
- government tortssovereign immunity, qualified immunity, absolute immunity, civil rights violations, color of law
- civil litigationlawsuits, plaintiffs, defendants, verdicts, judgments
wrongful death suitscriminal prosecution
Government's legal action against accused
criminal charges · criminal indictment · criminal trial · felony charges · grand jury indictment
wrongful death suitscriminal conviction
Legal determination of guilt
imprisonment · incarceration · criminal sentencing · prison sentence · criminal punishment
wrong, wrongful, wrongfully, wrongness, wronged, wronging, wrongs, wrongdoing, wrongdoer