Wrongful Death Legal Overview
What qualifies as wrongful death is when a wrongdoer negligently causes the death of a spouse, parent, or child, this gives rise to a civil damages claim for “wrongful death.”
Who wrongful death cases are typically between is the negligent party responsible for the wrongful death and the family of the deceased.
How families are financially reciprocated for the wrongful death of their loved one is by a jury determination of the monetary value of various areas including:
- The full amount of money that will reasonably and fairly compensation [name of each survivor] for each of the following elements of damages proved by the evidence to have resulted from the death of [name of decedent].
- The loss of love, affection, companionship, care, protection, and guidance since the death and in the future.
- The pain, grief, sorrow, anguish, stress, shock, and mental suffering already experienced, and reasonably probable to be experienced in the future.
- The income and services that have already been lost as a result of the death, and that are reasonably probable to be lost in the future.
- The reasonable expenses of funeral and burial.
- The reasonable expenses of necessary medical care and services for the injury that resulted in the death.
