Death by Wrongful Act: A Treatise on the Law Peculiar to Actions for Injuries Resulting in Death, Including the Text of the Statutes and an Analytical Table of Their Provisions

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Vernon Law Book Company, 1913 - Death by wrongful act - 646 pages
 

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Virginia 150 Washington 151 West Virginia 152 Limit of recovery
286
CHAPTER X
322
931 California
323
No damages for solatium
324
Exemplary damages
328
No damages for injury to deceased
329
Medical and funeral expenses
330
Meaning of pecuniary
332
Reasonable expectation of benefit
333
Death of husband and father of minor
335
Death of husbandEvidence of number of children
341
Death of parent of minorLoss of education and personal training
343
Death of wifeLoss of service
346
Death of minor childLoss of service
348
Death of minor childExpectancy of benefit after majority
361
Loss of prospective gifts and inheritance
364
Loss of prospective gifts
365
Loss of prospective giftsDeath of adult child
366
Loss of prospective giftsDeath of parent of adult child
371
Loss of prospective giftsDeath of collateral relative
375
Loss of prospective inheritance
378
Rule of damages in New York
383
Evidence of pecuniary condition of beneficiaries
391
Expectation of lifeLife tables
395
Wrongful
396
Interest as damages
398
Reduction of damages
399
Discretion of juryInstructions
402
Excessive verdictReduction of amount
403
Inadequate verdict
404
Nominal damages
406
CHAPTER XI
408
Indictment
419
Amendment
420
Liability of personal representative for costs
424
CHAPTER XII
426
CHAPTER XIII
436
Action based on foreign statuteJurisdiction denied
450
1981 Action based on penal statute
455
Death on navigable waters within the state
456
Death on high seas on vessel owned in state
458
2001 Action under foreign statuteSubstantive rights
459
Who may sue under a foreign statute
461
Pleading foreign statute
464
TIFF DEATH W A 2D ED b
481
Act or neglect must be such that party injured might have
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Page 121 - Territory and another, or between any such Territory or territories and any State or states or the District of Columbia, or with foreign nations, or between the District of Columbia and any State or states or foreign nations, is hereby declared illegal.
Page 123 - Columbia and any of the states or territories and any foreign nation or nations shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, or in case of the death of such employee to his or her personal representative...
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