Civil Causes of Action - Wrongful Action Law and Legal Definition
Wrongful death is a civil action which charges another with being liable for injury resulting in another's death by reason of negligent actions or a failure to act which could foreseeably result in death. The plaintiff (the executor or administrator of the estate of the decedent, family member, or spouse) must prove that the decedent would not have died but for the negligence of the defendant.
Damages which may be recovered are medical expenses, loss of wages and future earnings, loss of consortium, loss of support, and loss of companionship. A child might be entitled to compensation for the personal loss of a father as well as the amount of financial support the child would have received from the deceased parent while a minor, a wife would recover damages for loss of her husband's love and companionship and a lifetime of expected support, while a parent would be limited to damages for loss of companionship but not support.
Legal Definition list
- Civil Causes of Action - Trover and Conversion
- Civil Causes of Action - Trademark or Copyright Infringement
- Civil Causes of Action - Specific Performance
- Civil Causes of Action - Slip and Fall
- Civil Causes of Action - Retaliatory Discharge
- Civil Causes of Action - Wrongful Action
- Civil Civil Rights Violation
- Civil Cognation
- Civil Commitment
- Civil Commotion
- Civil Conspiracy
