How to Use wrongful death in a Sentence

wrongful death

noun
  • She filed a wrongful death suit against the hospital, alleging that its negligence led to her daughter's death.
  • The three sets of parents filed a lawsuit based on a claim for wrongful death.
    Katherine Drabiak, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Barlow dismissed the wrongful death lawsuit this week and asked that the case be closed.
    Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Mar. 2022
  • In 2022, Puerta sued Snapchat in a wrongful death lawsuit.
    Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Baldwin and producers were sued by Matthew last month for the wrongful death of his wife.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The Brooks estate has filed a wrongful death lawsuit naming Mann and Browne.
    Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The Hutchins family has since filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the producers of the movie.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • In 2019, Ramirez tossed out a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Dallas by the family of Botham Jean.
    Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The justices ruled that wrongful death lawsuits by the couples could proceed.
    arkansasonline.com, 21 Feb. 2024
  • This started out to be a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Marisa against me for killing her husband.
    CBS News, 7 May 2022
  • But the Murdaughs tried to pin him as the driver, Cook said, according to a wrongful death lawsuit.
    BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2021
  • This is the fourth wrongful death lawsuit involving high school athletes to settle in the last two months.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Joseph Spencer’s father filed a wrongful death lawsuit on March 15.
    Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Matthew had filed the wrongful death lawsuit earlier this year.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Takeoff’s mother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owners of the Houston venue where the rapper was shot.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2023
  • Green’s mother, Colleen Cudd, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in 2018 against Li and Bayat.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The filing came after Baldwin was sued by Matthew in February for the wrongful death of his wife.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 16 May 2022
  • In 2020, lawyers for the Chappman family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city for Tamia's death, according to the site.
    Elaine Aradillas, PEOPLE.com, 27 July 2022
  • The earlier wrongful death lawsuit is set to go to trial next week.
    Cheri Mossburg and Taylor Romine, CNN, 6 May 2022
  • But the man holding the gun didn’t, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed Tuesday.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The Godines family has sued Caminantes and Mr. Puebla for wrongful death, court records show.
    Christopher Weaver, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Now his widow is the latest plaintiff to sue Sheriff Bill Gore for wrongful death.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The settlement marks the end of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Bowen Levy in January 2021.
    Washington Post, 5 May 2022
  • In 2017, Connie Dabate's sister filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Richard Dabate.
    CBS News, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The mother of the 8-year-old girl who died in a Houston hotel pool has filed a wrongful death lawsuit less than a week after her daughter’s death.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The family has also filed a $550 million wrongful death lawsuit against the city.
    Debbie Elliott, NPR, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The school is a defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the Martinez family.
    Andy Rose, CNN, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Prude’s son sued the city in federal court for alleged gross negligence and wrongful death.
    Kiely Westhoff, CNN, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The pair filed a wrongful death suit, claiming that Shacknai’s brother Adam, who had flown to California after hearing the news about Max’s accident and was staying in the estate’s guesthouse, was responsible for her death.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Several lawsuits have since been filed against Boar's Head in the wake of the outbreak, including a wrongful death suit on behalf of the family of a Holocaust survivor who died as a result of eating contaminated liverwurst.
    Mike Snider and Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024

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