Wrongful death is a statutorily created cause of action for
pecuniary loss brought by heirs against a person who causes
the death of another. Since death statutes differ from state
to state, conflict of laws and choice of forum may be of
greater importance in death cases than in negligence cases
generally.
A man lost his wife and mother-in-law and saw his daughter
seriously permanently disabled due to a head-on crash on an
Arkansas highway. The trial in Memphis, Tennessee resulted in a $53 million dollar verdict against the
automaker for defective design and lack of crashworthiness.
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which shall be clearly legible or audible, as the case may be: 'No representation
is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is
greater than the quality of legal services performed by other
lawyers.' "
Rule of Professional Responsibility 7.2(e)