WordNet
n. a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs
Usage examples of "wrongful death".
Lewis being helped into the grave, I will advise his family to sue the NYPSD for negligence and wrongful death.
Now, scant hours after Eve had arrested her in the wrongful death of one J.
They had been accused of the wrongful death of their daughter, Constantina, aged ten months, twelve days.
Though discouraged and frowned upon, it was permissible for the clinic to handle an injury or wrongful death case on a contingency basis.
Though discouraged and frowned upon, it was permissible for the clinic to handle an injury or wrongful death case on a contingency-fee basis.
Though discouraged and frowned upon, it waspermissible for the clinic to handle an injury or wrongful death caseon a contingency-fee basis.
I mean Father's got enough on his plate with this Senate committee and the mess in his courtroom over this wrongful death case, apparently that insane law clerk is sending you a copy of his instructions to the jury just to make things more difficult for everyone since that seems to be his main purpose in life and, what is it now Lily.
But they were afraid that if eventually they couldn't prove you killed her, then they'd be in an even worse position when a wrongful death suit finally went before a jury.
Whether a single person or a thousand, wrongful death was wrongful death, and the number just told you how many individual records had been tied.
I used to be associated with an insurance company, handling arson and wrongful death claims, but I prefer being out on my own.