One of the common complaints among New York City medical malpractice lawyers is that the laws involving death caused by the fault of another, otherwise known as wrongful death laws, are among the most stringent in the nation. There has traditionally been severely limited rights of recovery in Wrongful Death cases, allowing the deceased’s family to make claims for financial losses only, not taking into account the emotional loss, pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment of life that a family endures when a loved one is taken from them. Tragically a person who is killed is often entitled to less money than a person who is seriously injured under New York’s draconian Wrongful Death laws...