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NY A05612
Bill
Status
2/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
Helene Weinstein
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AI Summary
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Expands recoverable damages in wrongful death actions beyond pecuniary injuries to include non-economic damages such as grief, anguish, and loss of love, society, comfort, and companionship.
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Allows recovery of reasonable funeral expenses paid by distributees and reasonable medical care expenses incurred prior to death, including doctors, nursing, hospitalization, and medicines.
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Permits recovery for pecuniary injuries including loss of services, support, assistance, and loss or diminishment of inheritance resulting from the decedent's death.
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Authorizes damages for loss of nurture, guidance, counsel, advice, training, and education resulting from the decedent's death.
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Takes effect immediately and applies to all trials commenced on or after the effective date.
Legislative Description
Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought i.e. grief and anguish; loss of love, society, protection, comfort, companionship and consortium; reasonable funeral expenses; reasonable expenses for medical care, treatment etc. prior to death; pecuniary injuries due to loss of services, support, inheritance; and loss of nurture, guidance or education.
Last Action
ordered to third reading rules cal.300
7/22/2020