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Wisconsin wrongful death under Wis. Stat. 895.03 and 895.04: the 3-year deadline (2 years for motor-vehicle deaths), who can sue, the society cap, and fault.
West Virginia wrongful death under W.Va. Code 55-7-5 and 55-7-6: the 2-year deadline, the personal representative who files, recoverable damages, and fault.
Washington wrongful death deadline (3 years), the post-2019 beneficiary rules under RCW 4.20.020, survival actions, damages, no cap after Sofie, and pure fault.
Virginia wrongful death deadline (2 years), beneficiary classes under 8.01-53, survival actions, damages under 8.01-52, and the strict contributory fault rule.
Vermont wrongful death deadline (2 years from death under 14 V.S.A. 1492), who the personal representative sues for, survival actions, damages, and fault rules.
Utah wrongful death claims: the 2-year deadline, who can sue under 78B-3-106, the separate survival action, damages, and the constitutional ban on damage caps.
Texas wrongful death claims: the 2-year deadline, who can sue under CPRC 71.004, the separate survival action, damages, the exemplary damages cap, and fault.
Tennessee wrongful death claims: the short 1-year deadline (extendable to 2), who can sue under T.C.A. 20-5-106/107, the pass-through model, damages, and caps.
South Dakota wrongful death law: the 3-year deadline, who can file, the pecuniary-loss damages model, no cap, the survival action, and the slight-gross fault
South Carolina wrongful death law: the 3-year deadline, who can file, the beneficiary hierarchy, grief and companionship damages, and the fault rules.
Rhode Island wrongful death law: the 3-year deadline, who can file, the $350,000 statutory minimum recovery, the earnings formula, consortium, and fault rules.
Pennsylvania wrongful death and survival actions: the 2-year deadline, who can sue under 42 Pa.C.S. 8301, the separate survival claim, damages, and fault rules.