New NJ Wrongful Death Bill is slowly making progress to become the NJ Wrongful Death law
Dec 10th, 2007 | By Michael L. Saile, Jr., Esq. | Category: Blogs, New Jersey Injury InformationAs we have informed you in previous blog entries, New Jersey has an old and somewhat unfair wrongful death law. Wrongful Death is a type of legal action or lawsuit brought when someone is “wrongfully” killed due to the negligence or intentional act of another. NJ does not provide for emotional damages suffered by close family members that result from the person’s unnecessary death. Under current NJ Wrongful Death law, only pecuniary (out-of-pocket) damages are recoverable in a lawsuit. This is unfair. Most states allow emotional pain and suffering damages for close relatives.
The Wrongful Death Bill S-176 was voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee this afternoon, with a vote of 7 in favor and 4 in opposition.
Many people and organizations have been fighting to make a change to NJ’s unfair Wrongful Death law including the New Jersey State Bar Association and ATLA-NJ. Hopefully this Bill will pass into NJ law soon! Many thanks to the hardworking individuals that have been fighting to make NJ law better for innocent victims.
The author of this Blog, Philadelphia car accident lawyer, Michael L. Saile, Jr., Esq. of Saile & Saile LLP, Attorneys-at-Law focuses his practice on fighting for plaintiffs’ personal injury and car accident victim’s rights in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We handle all serious injury cases including, car accidents (both limited and full tort), wrongful death, slip & fall downs, construction accidents, Septa, NJ Transit, and other cases other cases. We are located just outside of Philadelphia in lower Bucks County. We also handle Philadelphia plaintiffs’ personal injury and car accident cases. Please visit our personal injury only website at www.pa-nj-injurylawyer.com for more injury information.
