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Maine wrongful death deadline (3 years), who may file, wrongful death vs survival, recoverable damages, and the current caps on comfort and punitive damages.
Louisiana wrongful death and survival deadlines after the 2025 change, who may sue under the exclusive beneficiary classes, damages, caps, and fault.
Kentucky wrongful death claims: the short 1-year deadline tied to the estate representative, who can file, damages, no cap (Ky. Const. 54), and distribution.
Kansas wrongful death claims: the 2-year deadline, who can file (any heir at law), the $250,000 cap on nonpecuniary damages, fault, and how recovery is divided.
Iowa wrongful death claims: the 2-year deadline, who can file (the estate's administrator), damages, the survival action, fault, and how proceeds pass.
Indiana wrongful death claims: the 2-year deadline, Indiana's three wrongful death statutes, the $300,000 adult cap, who can file, damages, and how fault works.
Illinois wrongful death claims: the 2-year deadline (with exceptions), who can file, grief and mental suffering damages, the Survival Act, and the damage caps.
Idaho wrongful death claims: the 2-year deadline, who can sue (heirs or estate), recoverable damages, the noneconomic damages cap, and how fault rules apply.
How wrongful death claims work, plus a state-by-state guide to the deadline to file, who can sue, the damages available, and any caps on wrongful death
Hawaii wrongful death claims: the 2-year deadline, who can sue, loss of society damages, the survival action, and the $375,000 pain-and-suffering cap.
Georgia wrongful death claims: the 2-year deadline, who can sue and in what order, the full value of the life measure, the separate estate claim, and caps.
Florida wrongful death claims: the 2-year deadline, who the personal representative sues for, damages, the medical-malpractice limit on adult children, caps.