Wrongful death suits are not criminal cases, they are civil lawsuits and the two should not be confused.<\/p>\n
Many people tend to struggle with the definition of a wrongful death suit. Simply put, it’s a death that comes about as the result of someone else’s negligence. That is the basic definition, but if you added in recklessness and irresponsibility, you’d have a fairly good idea of the foundation of a wrongful death suit.<\/p>\n
The other factor that needs to be understood is that there are still grounds to file a wrongful death lawsuit even if the death was the result of the “lack” of necessary actions that caused a death and it was unintentional.<\/p>\n
Who benefits in a wrongful death suit? It is not the deceased. In most instances, it is the family of the deceased who may receive compensation. The compensation awarded in cases of this type is for economic\/financial purposes. E.g. the (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wrongful death suits are not criminal cases, they are civil lawsuits and the two should not be confused. Many people tend to struggle with the definition of a wrongful death suit. Simply put, it’s a death that comes about as…<\/span><\/p>\n