These claims may include
wrongful death actions based on motor vehicle accidents that were caused by city or state employees while they were driving for their jobs, for example.
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wrongful death action based on the death of a child or an elderly person
Not exact matches
Be it workers compensation or personal injury and
wrongful death occurring outside the workplace, such as: car accidents, dram shop
actions (where a bar or restaurant serves a customer to the point of legal intoxication), medical malpractice, defective products, construction accidents, premises liability (e.g., slip and falls
based on failure to provide a safe place to walk or play), or any other type of preventable injury or
death.
Obtained dismissal / stay of California state court
wrongful death action obtained in favor of helicopter component manufacturer
based on improper venue subsequently upheld on appeal.
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.
Legal
actions based on
wrongful death can arise from a wide variety of incidents.
However, if the plaintiff is blamelessly ignorant of his cause of
action, the date of accrual of a
wrongful death cause of
action is the date on which the plaintiff comes at least to suspect, or have reason to suspect, a factual
basis for a claim of
wrongful death.
Representation of TPA in errors and omissions claims by client who provided notice of fatality occurrence and subsequent
wrongful death action to TPA but not to insurer, resulting in insurer denying coverage
based on late notice.
A
wrongful death action is reportedly forthcoming against the school
based on what the victim's family contends was «inadequate staffing and improper training».