wrongful death
noun
: a death caused by the negligent, willful, or wrongful act, neglect, omission, or default of another
Examples of wrongful death in a Sentence
She filed a wrongful death suit against the hospital, alleging that its negligence led to her daughter's death.
Recent Examples on the Web
But more recently, Tesla settled a wrongful death suit in April where a driver allegedly unsafely used the self-driving feature while distracted by a mobile phone game.
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Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 28 June 2024
The general civil division handles all civil disputes, including auto negligence, contract, fraudulent causes of action, injunctions, foreclosures, products liability, wrongful death, medical malpractice, business dissolution, Jimmy Ryce Act cases, employee discrimination, etc.
—Carol-Lisa Phillips, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
The couples whose embryos were destroyed filed a wrongful death suit that was thrown out by a lower court that ruled embryos are not people.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 24 June 2024
But that's of little comfort to the family of Don Williams, now seeking video of the accident that took his life last Tuesday, and the family of Beverly Kinney, which filed a wrongful death suit after she was hit and killed by a Metro bus in January.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 24 June 2024
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Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 28 June 2024
The general civil division handles all civil disputes, including auto negligence, contract, fraudulent causes of action, injunctions, foreclosures, products liability, wrongful death, medical malpractice, business dissolution, Jimmy Ryce Act cases, employee discrimination, etc.
—Carol-Lisa Phillips, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
The couples whose embryos were destroyed filed a wrongful death suit that was thrown out by a lower court that ruled embryos are not people.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 24 June 2024
But that's of little comfort to the family of Don Williams, now seeking video of the accident that took his life last Tuesday, and the family of Beverly Kinney, which filed a wrongful death suit after she was hit and killed by a Metro bus in January.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 24 June 2024
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“Wrongful death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrongful%20death. Accessed 16 Jul. 2024.
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