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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Notably, a number of recent lawsuits filed against Roblox have accused the platform of facilitating predatory behavior and the company is also the target of one wrongful death suit.
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 16 Dec. 2025
One wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that a 56-year-old Connecticut man murdered his mother and took his own life after ChatGPT repeatedly affirmed his paranoid notions about people in his life orchestrating a conspiracy against him.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025
The family of a Chicago Police officer fatally shot by her partner during a pursuit earlier this year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging the department ignored clear warning signs that the officer posed a threat to her.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The lawsuit is the first wrongful death litigation involving an AI chatbot that has targeted Microsoft, and the first to tie a chatbot to a homicide rather than a suicide.
—Dave Collins, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 16 Dec. 2025
One wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that a 56-year-old Connecticut man murdered his mother and took his own life after ChatGPT repeatedly affirmed his paranoid notions about people in his life orchestrating a conspiracy against him.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025
The family of a Chicago Police officer fatally shot by her partner during a pursuit earlier this year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging the department ignored clear warning signs that the officer posed a threat to her.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The lawsuit is the first wrongful death litigation involving an AI chatbot that has targeted Microsoft, and the first to tie a chatbot to a homicide rather than a suicide.
—Dave Collins, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Wrongful death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrongful%20death. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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