wrongful death

noun

, Law.

the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.

Nevertheless, the family of the little girl sued the company for wrongful death.

For the Jackson family, it meant no multibillion-dollar wrongful-death payout.

A grand jury ultimately decided not to indict Dunaway, but his children won a wrongful-death civil lawsuit against him.

Pasadena police face a wrongful death suit in the shooting of Kendrec McDade.

Stone, the relative, and the children's caregiver were sued for negligence and wrongful death.

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