How is the amount of damages determined in a wrongful death case?

How is the amount of damages determined in a wrongful death case?

Michael Ehline (Attorney at Law) gives expert video advice on: What is 'wrongful death'?; Who can sue for wrongful death?; How is the amount of damages determined in a wrongful death case? and more...

The amount of damages is determined in many ways. The economic loss of support to the family is determined based upon the decedent's expected life expectancy had they not been wrongfully killed, and then multiplied into the amount of years they would have lived. That would determine how much money they would have been able to provide for the family. As a general rule, that's how those damages are calculated.