§ 10-7-1 - Liability for damages for causing death.
SECTION 10-7-1
§ 10-7-1 Liability for damages for causingdeath. – Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect, ordefault of another, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if deathhad not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action andrecover damages in respect thereof, the person who, or the corporation which,would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action fordamages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although thedeath shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to afelony.