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wrongful death cases are different
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animals wrongful death cases are created
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by Statute we have Nevada statutory law
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that controls what can be awarded in way
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of Damages in a rawful death case and
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also tells you who the plaintiffs can be
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they have to be heirs so for example see
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if a husband is the subject of a
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wrongful death say he gets killed in a
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car crash the wife is the the the pl in
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the wrongful death case the damages in a
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wrongful death case are limited by
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Statute to um the conscious pain and
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suffering of the deed from the time of
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his injury until his death and of course
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if you have a car crash where he was
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killed instantly you don’t have much
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there you have a loss of society Comfort
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companionship and Consortium they call
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it what that means is what was your
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relationship with the decedent in the
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wife’s case she has to establish that
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because remember the jury’s being asked
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to give damages to somebody who wasn’t
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killed they’re giving damages to
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somebody else and if they don’t think
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the relationship between that somebody
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else and the decedent is close enough or
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important enough they’re not going to be
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very generous because from their
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standpoint it’s what what is this money
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going to do what good is it going to do
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it’s going to somebody who doesn’t
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particularly care about the deed and
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didn’t have a relationship with him so
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we’re just not going to pay him so you
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have to be able to document that that
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means if you’re you happen to have a
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wrongful death case make sure you locate
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all photos showing family gatherings all
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videos showing family gatherings the
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good times so to speak so the jury can
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look at these photos and determine that
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you and the decedent had a relationship
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that should result in them compensating
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you