US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

RCW Sections

• 4.20.005  Wrongful death -- Application of terms.
• 4.20.010  Wrongful death -- Right of action.
• 4.20.020  Wrongful death -- Beneficiaries of action.
• 4.20.030  Workers' compensation act not affected.
• 4.20.046  Survival of actions.
• 4.20.050  Action not abated by death or disability if it survives -- Substitution.
• 4.20.060  Action for personal injury survives to surviving spouse, child, stepchildren, or heirs.

Notes:

Action for injury or death of a child: RCW 4.24.010. Actions by and against executors: Chapter 11.48 RCW. Imputation of contributory fault of decedent in wrongful death actions: RCW 4.22.020.