wrongful death
noun
: a death caused by the negligent, willful, or wrongful act, neglect, omission, or default of another
Examples of wrongful death in a Sentence
She filed a wrongful death suit against the hospital, alleging that its negligence led to her daughter's death.
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In another high-profile case, Florida mother Megan Garcia sued AI company Character Technologies last year for wrongful death, alleging that its chatbot played a role in the suicide of her 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer III.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
OpenAI is also embroiled in a wrongful death lawsuit from a family who blames ChatGPT for their teenage son’s death by suicide.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Lawsuits filed In California, the families of two college students have filed wrongful death lawsuits against Tesla after their children were trapped and died in a burning Cybertruck.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
While awaiting his retrial, Niroula was killed in prison in 2022, per the Los Angeles Times and a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
OpenAI is also embroiled in a wrongful death lawsuit from a family who blames ChatGPT for their teenage son’s death by suicide.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Lawsuits filed In California, the families of two college students have filed wrongful death lawsuits against Tesla after their children were trapped and died in a burning Cybertruck.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
While awaiting his retrial, Niroula was killed in prison in 2022, per the Los Angeles Times and a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Wrongful death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrongful%20death. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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