Madison, WI - According to authorities, a 20-year-old woman is sentenced on Thursday, March 27, to four years in prison for killing a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater professor in a crash with a vehicle operating while intoxicated.
"Wrongful death" means that someone else's actions wrongly caused the death of the person in question. Each state has its own laws regarding wrongful-death cases. The laws are similar, but you should contact an attorney to discuss the requirements of your state's laws.
A "wrongful death" claim is allowed when a person is killed due to the negligence or misconduct of another individual, company or entity. Generally speaking, a wrongful death is a death caused by another's negligence, recklessness, malpractice, or inaction.