Otani Ex Rel. Shigaki v. Broudy

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “wrongful death and survival actions can be distinguished in that the wrongful death statutes govern postdeath damages of the deceased and the survival statutes govern predeath damages”
• noting that \wrongful death and survival actions can be distinguished in that the wrongful death statutes govern postdeath damages of the deceased and the survival statutes govern predeath damages\
• “recovery under the general survival statute is for the benefit of, and passes through, the decedent’s estate, whereas recovery under the special survival statute is for the benefit of, and is distributed directly to, the statutory beneficiaries”

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