Stokes v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

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• wrongful death action \is not a derivative action in a technical sense because it awards damages suffered by the parent independently of any right of action in the deceased minor.\
• “[A] right of action for wrongful death [under the Wrongful Death of Minors Act] can arise only after the live birth and subsequent death of the child.” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).