29.9 Who May Be Sued and Proving Liability

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29.9 Who May Be Sued and Proving Liability. The Wrongful Death Act allows wrongful death claims to be brought against those (but only those) who would have been potentially liable to the decedent for causing him or her injury if the decedent had been injured but not killed by the allegedly wrongful conduct.62 The Act thus leaves unaltered the common law rules describing who can be sued for negligence or other torts causing injury. Proving liability in a wrongful death action, therefore, is the same as...

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