Suit for compensation to the family of a person for loss occasioned to it by his death by actionable wrong

FATAL ACCIDENTS ACT, 1855

Section 1 A - Suit for compensation to the family of a person for loss occasioned to it by his death by actionable wrong

Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, the party who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action or suit for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony or other crime.