New York A11340 amends the estates, powers and trusts law to specify the types of damages that may be awarded in wrongful death actions.

New York A11340 amends the estates, powers and trusts law to clarify the types of damages that may be awarded in wrongful death actions. The bill specifies that damages can include reasonable funeral expenses, medical care costs related to the injury causing death, grief or anguish, loss of services, support, assistance, and loss of inheritance. The damages are to be distributed to the persons for whose benefit the action is brought, such as the decedent's spouse, domestic partner, distributees, and others with a parental relationship to the decedent.

New York A11340 amends the estates, powers and trusts law to specify the types of damages that may be awarded in wrongful death actions.

New York A11340 amends the estates, powers and trusts law to clarify the types of damages that may be awarded in wrongful death actions. The bill specifies that damages can include reasonable funeral expenses, medical care costs related to the injury causing death, grief or anguish, loss of services, support, assistance, and loss of inheritance. The damages are to be distributed to the persons for whose benefit the action is brought, such as the decedent's spouse, domestic partner, distributees, and others with a parental relationship to the decedent.