What types of legal relief are available on behalf of the surviving family and estate of someone killed in an automobile accident in Michigan?
A. The Michigan Legislature has clearly intended that the Michigan Wrongful Death Act be liberally construed. The pertinent language of the Wrongful Death Act reads as follows:”In every action under this section, the court or jury may award damages as the court or jury shall consider fair and equitable, under all the circumstances including reasonable medical, hospital, funeral and burial expenses for which the estate is liable; reasonable compensation for the pain and suffering, while conscious, undergone by the deceased person during the period intervening between the time of the injury and death; and damages for the loss of financial support and the loss of the society and companionship of the deceased.” See MCLA 600.2922(6); MSA 27A.2922(6). In addition, the Michigan Wrongful Death Act is part of the Revised Judicature Act (RJA) of 1961. ยง102 of the RJA states as follows: “This Act is remedial in character, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate the intents and purposes the
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