{"id":212,"date":"2022-02-25T17:07:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T22:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/?p=212"},"modified":"2022-02-25T17:07:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T22:07:11","slug":"wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrongful Death Versus Survival Actions in Florida Personal Injury Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While accidents might have been knocked down a notch by COVID in the last two years, unintentional injuries are still the fourth leading cause of death in the US. The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/fastats\/accidental-injury.htm\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CDC) reports that more than 200,000 people are killed every year in preventable accidents, with falls and motor vehicle collisions topping the list. For surviving loved ones whose lives are forever changed, the grief and devastation can be overwhelming. In time, the victim\u2019s family will also sustain significant financial losses from the void left behind.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortunately, Florida personal injury laws provide legal remedies after someone dies from unintentional injuries. There are two in particular that may apply if you recently lost a loved one \u2014 a wrongful death lawsuit OR a survival action. Though these options stem from the same fatal incident, they are different. A<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/wrongful-death.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami wrongful death lawyer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can explain the details, and you might find an overview to be informative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Different Actions From the Same Fatal Incident<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Wrongful Death Versus Survival Actions in Florida Personal Injury Cases\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While accidents might have been knocked down a notch by COVID in the last two years, unintentional injuries are still the fourth leading cause of death in the US. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more than 200,000 people are killed every year in preventable accidents, with falls and motor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrongful-death","tag-wrongful-death"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wrongful Death Versus Survival Actions in Florida Personal Injury Cases &#8212; Miami Personal Injury Lawyer Blog &#8212; February 25, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While accidents might have been knocked down a notch by COVID in the last two years, unintentional injuries are still the fourth leading cause of death in &#8212; February 25, 2022\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Wrongful Death Versus Survival Actions in Florida Personal Injury Cases &#8212; Miami Personal Injury Lawyer Blog &#8212; February 25, 2022\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"While accidents might have been knocked down a notch by COVID in the last two years, unintentional injuries are still the fourth leading cause of death in &#8212; February 25, 2022\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/charles-postiaux-R_Umtq1j6gA-unsplash.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Gerson &amp; Schwartz, P.A.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wrongful Death Versus Survival Actions in Florida Personal Injury Cases &#8212; Miami Personal Injury Lawyer Blog &#8212; February 25, 2022","description":"While accidents might have been knocked down a notch by COVID in the last two years, unintentional injuries are still the fourth leading cause of death in &#8212; February 25, 2022","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Wrongful Death Versus Survival Actions in Florida Personal Injury Cases &#8212; Miami Personal Injury Lawyer Blog &#8212; February 25, 2022","twitter_description":"While accidents might have been knocked down a notch by COVID in the last two years, unintentional injuries are still the fourth leading cause of death in &#8212; February 25, 2022","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/charles-postiaux-R_Umtq1j6gA-unsplash.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Gerson &amp; Schwartz, P.A.","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/"},"author":{"name":"Gerson &amp; Schwartz, P.A.","@id":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a1c8f011548166021698301d6922c026"},"headline":"Wrongful Death Versus Survival Actions in Florida Personal Injury Cases","datePublished":"2022-02-25T22:07:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/"},"wordCount":518,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/charles-postiaux-R_Umtq1j6gA-unsplash.jpg","keywords":["wrongful death"],"articleSection":["wrongful death"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/","url":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/","name":"Wrongful Death Versus Survival Actions in Florida Personal Injury Cases &#8212; Miami Personal Injury Lawyer Blog &#8212; February 25, 2022","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/charles-postiaux-R_Umtq1j6gA-unsplash.jpg","datePublished":"2022-02-25T22:07:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a1c8f011548166021698301d6922c026"},"description":"While accidents might have been knocked down a notch by COVID in the last two years, unintentional injuries are still the fourth leading cause of death in &#8212; February 25, 2022","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/charles-postiaux-R_Umtq1j6gA-unsplash.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/charles-postiaux-R_Umtq1j6gA-unsplash.jpg","width":1950,"height":1300},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wrongful-death-versus-survival-actions-in-florida-personal-injury-cases\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wrongful Death Versus Survival Actions in Florida Personal Injury Cases"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/","name":"Miami Personal Injury Lawyer Blog","description":"Published by Miami, Florida Personal Injury Attorneys \u2014 Gerson &amp; Schwartz, P.A.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a1c8f011548166021698301d6922c026","name":"Gerson &amp; Schwartz, P.A.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/325a295cdefce86eeaf16d5c0617e5e4610300e0a166467e7b48e2e15df7c1b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/325a295cdefce86eeaf16d5c0617e5e4610300e0a166467e7b48e2e15df7c1b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/325a295cdefce86eeaf16d5c0617e5e4610300e0a166467e7b48e2e15df7c1b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Gerson &amp; Schwartz, P.A."},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/about-us.html"]}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/charles-postiaux-R_Umtq1j6gA-unsplash.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214,"href":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions\/214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}