Survival action

Definition - Noun
: an action for the recovery of damages for injury to a fatally injured person that is brought by his or her personal representative
compare wrongful death action
A survival action depends on the existence of a cause of action that the decedent would have had if he or she had survived. A wrongful death suit is concerned with injury to beneficiaries, not the decedent.



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administrative law judge

an officer in a government agency with quasi-judicial functions including conducting hearings, making findings of fact, and making recommendations for resolution of disputes concerning the agency’s actions


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