Types of wrongful death claims[edit]

Any fatality caused by the wrongful acts of another may result in a wrongful death claim. Wrongful death claims are often based upon death resulting from negligence, for example following a motor vehicle accident caused by another driver, a dangerous roadway or defective vehicle, product liability, and medical malpractice.^[2] Dangerous roadway claims result from deaths caused in whole or in part by the condition of the roadway.