Your plaintiff died. Now what?

Amending the complaint to allege a survival action or wrongful death claim

Laurel Halbany
Michael Stewart

From Issue: 2023 April

What is the value of a poor man’s life?

Focusing solely on noneconomic damages can maximize the wrongful-death verdict

Brian J. Panish
Deborah Chang

From Issue: 2012 May

Recovery of non-economic damages in survival actions

The new law and what you need to know

Loren Schwartz

From Issue: 2021 December

Don’t mix cucumbers with zucchinis or you may end up in Lodi

Health-care arbitration clauses and the non-signatory heirs of a decedent in medical-negligence cases

W. David Corrick

From Issue: 2013 May

Wrongful death – standing, pleadings and related considerations

Determining standing, which causes of action to include, drafting the pleadings, and collecting the right evidence to prove our case

Tal Rubin

From Issue: 2021 April

The defendant is deceased, the heirs are cooperative and the damages exceed policy limits

The steps to reaching a pre-litigation settlement above the policy limits touch both tort and probate law

Joseph Lucia
David Brillant
Sarah Madan

From Issue: 2021 April

Obtaining Medi-Cal’s and Medicare’s written disclaimer of lien in wrongful death cases

Dispensing with these liens is much easier and faster in wrongful death claims than in survival claims

Daniel Rose

From Issue: 2016 April