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Title 10 - Courts and Civil...
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Chapter 10-7 Death By Wrongful Act
Chapter 10-7 Death By Wrongful Act
Section 10-7-1 Liability for damages for causing death.
Section 10-7-1.1 Pecuniary damages - How determined.
Section 10-7-1.2 Liability for loss of consortium - Liability for loss of society and companionship.
Section 10-7-2 Persons who may bring actions - Limitation of actions - Minimum recovery period.
Section 10-7-3 Action by beneficiaries.
Section 10-7-4 Cause surviving death of person liable.
Section 10-7-5 Liability for medical expense and diminution of earning power.
Section 10-7-6 Executor or administrator to bring § 10-7-5 action - Amount recovered to estate.
Section 10-7-7 Pain and suffering recoverable - Limitation of action.
Section 10-7-7.1 Punitive damages.
Section 10-7-8 Cause surviving death of person liable.
Section 10-7-9 Criminal proceedings not prerequisite.
Section 10-7-10 Damages not to estate or asset of estate.
Section 10-7-11 Applicability to pending actions.
Section 10-7-12 Applicability to actions commenced after passage.
Section 10-7-13 Severability.
Section 10-7-14 "Homemaker" defined.