wrongful death
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 266 U.S. 209 - Panama Co v. Rock · 1924Most cited · 44 citing opinions
at common law no private cause of action arises from the death of a human being. The right of action, both in this country and in England, depends wholly upon statutory authority.
How often courts cite the case defining “wrongful death”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “wrongful death” — 44 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.