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Wrongful death at common law

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From 237 U.S. 648 - St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Craft · 1915Most cited · 496 citing opinions

By the common law the death of a human being, although wrongfully caused, affords no basis for a recovery of damages, and a right of action for personal injuries dies with the person injured. Therefore in cases like this the right of recovery depends entirely upon statute law.