In RE BEHM'S ESTATE. BEHM v. Gee

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that wrongful death is a separate and distinct cause of action for the benefit of the heirs, not the benefit of the estate
• explaining that the proceeds of wrongful death action cannot go to the estate or be comingled with the estate’s funds
• explaining that “[t]he death creates a new cause of action for the loss suffered by the heirs by reason of death, and only comes into existence upon the happening of death” (citation omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted)
• claiming compensation in wrongful death cases should be proportionate to an individual heir’s loss

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).