What kinds of damages are recoverable in a Rhode Island wrongful death claim?
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In a Rhode Island wrongful death claim, typically, the damages include conscious pain and suffering, which is the pain that the person experience from the time of the incident that will lead to their death up to the time of death. Medical bills involve in trying to save the person in something called the loss to the estate, which is a computation that must be made by an economist. In addition, there are claims by these persons surviving spouse and by their adult and minor children.