Can a plaintiff bring a wrongful death action for personal injuries arising from a car accident?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from R.S. v. Life, B254235 (Cal. App. 2015):
By contrast, in Secrest v. Pacific Electric Ry. Co., supra, 60 Cal.App.2d 746, this district held that the plaintiff's wrongful death action arising from a car accident was barred where the decedent brought a prior lawsuit for personal injuries from the accident which resulted in a verdict for the defendants, because the final judgment in the personal injury action for defendants "'negatives the existence of conditions which would charge
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