Article: Hospital Lien Invalid in Wrongful Death Suit.(Brief Article)

Article: Wrongful Death
West's Encyclopedia of American Law;      700+ words ...WRONGFUL DEATH The taking of the life of an individual ... and other beneficiaries may file a wrongful death action against those responsible for ... tort law is governed by statute. Wrongful death statutes vary from state to state ...

Article: Expanding wrongful death statutes and other death ...
Human Rights;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... recognized as a surviving spouse in a wrongful death suit. In the first decision of its ... 2001. At the time, California's wrongful death statute limited standing to legal spouses ... to judge Robertson, "Reading the wrongful death statute to exclude [the] plaintiff ...

Article: The court refuses to drown state wrongful death ...
Houston Journal of International Law;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Court's involvement with maritime wrongful death remedies since Me Harrisburg(2 ... maritime law did not afford an action for wrongful death.(3) In reaching this conclusion ... rule, which denied any action for wrongful death,(4) and grafted it to maritime ...

Article: Growing recognition of wrongful death for unborn ...
Defense Counsel Journal;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... legislatures recognizing actions for wrongful death of unborn children: The question whether a wrongful death action lies for the negligently inflicted ... persons" within the meaning of their wrongful death statutes. Weakening the strength ...

Article: Torts-66 Federal Credit Union v. Tucker: The Mississippi Supreme ...
The University of Memphis Law Review;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... among other things, a claim for the wrongful death of her nonviable fetus.10 All five ... motions, averring that Mississippi's wrongful death statute, section 11-7-13 of the ... that Tucker could not recover for the wrongful death of her nonviable fetus.12 The trial ...

Article: Malpractice Suit Dismissed--Can Pt.'s Family Bring ...
Hospital Law's Regan Report;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... s family precluded from bringing a wrongful death suit after the patient dies? That ... medical malpractice and a suit for wrongful death? Does the fact that a court has denied ... s death. They sought damages for wrongful death. Dr. Guidry and his insurance carrier ...

Article: Recoverable damages in wrongful death actions ...
Defense Counsel Journal;  July 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... rather than state or foreign law, to wrongful death damage actions governed by the convention ... damages may properly be recovered in wrongful death actions governed by the Warsaw Convention ... be used to supplement and define the wrongful death cause of action provided by the treaty ...