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Survival action

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-003259

A legal claim brought by the estate of a deceased person to recover damages for the pain, suffering, and other losses the deceased experienced between the time of injury and death. Unlike a wrongful death action, which compensates surviving family members for their own losses, a survival action seeks to recover damages that the deceased could have claimed had they lived. Damages typically include medical expenses and lost wages prior to death.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-003259
FieldInsurance and risk management
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-INS-003259",
  "term": "Survival action",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A legal claim brought by the estate of a deceased person to recover damages for the pain, suffering, and other losses the deceased experienced between the time of injury and death. Unlike a wrongful death action, which compensates surviving family members for their own losses, a survival action seeks to recover damages that the deceased could have claimed had they lived. Damages typically include medical expenses and lost wages prior to death.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/survival-action/"
}

Record 3,384 of 3,748 in Insurance and risk management terminology (MLC-0106). Request the full dataset.