Sentences with phrase «death statutes creating»

In order to rectify this situation, states have passed wrongful death statutes creating a cause of action (a legal basis for a lawsuit) that allows certain family members of people who have been wrongfully killed to recover compensation for their losses.

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The «Boomer Gracie Act» amends Title XLV (Torts), Chapter 768 (Negligence) of Florida Statutes by creating a new Section 768.32 to specify damages that may be assessed against a person found liable for negligently or intentionally causing serious injury to or the death of a companion animal.

In most cases, the wrongful death claim created by the statute is the most important one as it is for the whole value of the life of the deceased, economic and non-economic.

Georgia law states that there are two distinct claims; the claim created by the Georgia Wrongful Death statute which is held by the family and the Estate of the deceased's claim.

The statute provides that an agent acting under a power of attorney may not create a Transfer on Death Deed.