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wrongful death actions in Ohio are
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brought by an estate that’s why it’s
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important to have an experienced lawyer
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whose experience not only in personal
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injury cases and in wrongful death cases
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can handle probate matters the probate
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is necessary because a decedent cannot
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bring a wrongful death case on its own
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the estate on behalf of the next Ain
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needs to be open processed and closed by
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the lawyer handling that case in order
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for you to
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recover Additionally the Ohio
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legislature has codified the wrongful
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death laws they are in the Ohio Revised
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Code basically the Ohio Revised Code
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gives a wrongful death plaintiff or an
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estate two causes of action one a
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survivorship cause of action for the
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damages sustained by the decedent before
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their death for example pain and
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suffering funeral expenses and medical
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expenses and secondly a wrongful death
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action for the next of kin for the loss
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of the love companionship the emotional
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distress and the loss the love the loved
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one by the next of kin the next of kin
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in Ohio is identified basically as the
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spouse children and the parent of the
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decedent I can recall a case that I
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handled uh some years ago on the behalf
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of an individual who suffered a heart
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attack and was picked up by an emergency
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medical service or EMS during the EMS
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ride to the hospital they did an EKG and
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he in fact had had a heart attack he got
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to the hospital the EMS gave him the EKG
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but somehow the emergency room at the
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hospital lost it the hospital medical
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providers without the EKG treated the
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patient for gird’s disease oftentimes
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gird’s disease will mimic the symptoms
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of a heart attack unfortunately the next
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day in the morning
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the patient had another heart attack and
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died despite the patient’s age I was
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able to obtain a multi-million dollar
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verdict for that spouse and the daughter
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who suffered a loss by reason of of that
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individual’s death