Questions tagged [wrongful-death]
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Could you be charged with manslaughter for obstructing an ambulance?
There was a recent incident in London that has been all over the news where protesters blocked a road and eventually ended up blocking an ambulance. It was stated that they were aware of the ambulance yet still refused to move. Assume a hypothetical…
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Does the guilt of the victim affect the validity of a crime of passion
I just watched the movie 'A Time To Kill'. If you don't know it, it is about the trial of a man who kills the 2 men that violently raped and assulted his daughter. In the end, he was found innocent by reason of temporary insanity. My question is, in…
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Did Texas and other US states actually execute people with intellectual disabilities just because they were disabled?
I have many times heard how Southern US states used to (or maybe still do) execute retarded/mentally challenged people.
I always thought that this sounded crazy, because I assumed that they did this solely because of the fact that they were…
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Homicide off Brooklyn Bridge
Let's go on a retrospective to June 1973, New York. Upon a pillar of Brooklyn Bridge Peter Parker is facing Norman Osborn who kidnapped his friend Gwen Stacy. After a short standoff, Mr. Osborn's very close flyby results in Gwen Stacy falling off…
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Who has standing for wrongful death claims?
A person's estate, relatives, and dependents generally have standing to sue for damages under wrongful death statutes.
Do any other persons or entities have standing to sue for damages under those or any similar or analogous statutes? For…
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