Amends TCA Title 20 and Section 63-6-1102.
Tennessee SB1743 amends the wrongful death statute to expand the definition of a person eligible for a wrongful death action to include unborn children from the point of fertilization, rather than only those in utero. Additionally, it extends the rebuttable presumption period for a spouse's abandonment of a deceased spouse from two years to three years for the purposes of filing a wrongful death claim. This bill affects wrongful death claims involving unborn children and alters the timeline for spousal claims.
Tennessee SB1743 amends the wrongful death statute to expand the definition of a person eligible for a wrongful death action to include unborn children from the point of fertilization, rather than only those in utero. Additionally, it extends the rebuttable presumption period for a spouse's abandonment of a deceased spouse from two years to three years for the purposes of filing a wrongful death claim. This bill affects wrongful death claims involving unborn children and alters the timeline for spousal claims.
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