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What is the difference between a civil wrongful death claim and a criminal case?

April 26, 2017Case Civil claim criminal death difference wrongful

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What is the difference between a civil wrongful death claim and a criminal case?

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When someone dies, the government can punish the individual for breaking a law in a criminal case. A wrongful death claim is a dispute between the loved ones of a person who died and the party whose negligence caused the death of that person. In a wrongful death claim, the family of the person who died seeks to recover compensation for the losses they endured as a result of the death.