wrongful death
noun
: a death caused by the negligent, willful, or wrongful act, neglect, omission, or default of another
Examples of wrongful death in a Sentence
She filed a wrongful death suit against the hospital, alleging that its negligence led to her daughter's death.
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Minogue’s father, Gerald, filed a wrongful death lawsuit last June, contending that police could have prevented the killing.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2025
The Trump administration is also currently negotiating a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of Ashli Babbitt, the rioter who was shot and killed by a Capitol police officer while trying to climb through a broken window.
—Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 21 May 2025
Ben Crump has dedicated much of his career to representing the families of Black people who were killed in wrongful death lawsuits.
—Cameron Joseph, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
The Trump administration has agreed to pay just short of $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Ashli Babbitt’s family after she was shot and killed in the Speaker’s Lobby during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 20 May 2025
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2025
The Trump administration is also currently negotiating a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of Ashli Babbitt, the rioter who was shot and killed by a Capitol police officer while trying to climb through a broken window.
—Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 21 May 2025
Ben Crump has dedicated much of his career to representing the families of Black people who were killed in wrongful death lawsuits.
—Cameron Joseph, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
The Trump administration has agreed to pay just short of $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Ashli Babbitt’s family after she was shot and killed in the Speaker’s Lobby during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 20 May 2025
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“Wrongful death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrongful%20death. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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