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Is a person who commits murder willfully or through negligence capable
of being sued for wrongful death? In most states, that answer is yes.
Criminal proceedings bring that person to justice by way of a prison
sentence or other, harsher penalties, but suing for wrongful death is a
civil case where the survivors of the deceased can sue for monetary
compensation with the aid of a personal injury lawyer.
Now, this might not be as a result of straight-out murder. People can
pursue a wrongful death case for a death resulting from an accident
(i.e. a fight that got out of hand) or they can sue a company for a death
that the company was negligent in causing with a personal injury
attorney. An example of this would be a loved one dying after being
exposed to chemicals at work which they should have, but didn’t
prevent.