What is the primary difference between a wrongful death lawsuit and a survival action?
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A
Wrongful death compensates survivors for their own losses; survival actions compensate the estate for the decedent's pre-death losses
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B
Wrongful death is a criminal proceeding; survival actions are civil
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C
Survival actions are only available when the defendant is also deceased
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D
There is no legal difference between the two claims