What if?

What is the name of your state? Indiana

I am furious right now and curious of what could have happened.

If someone deliberately disappears (someone like the famous runaway bride issue) and as a direct result of those actions someone had a stroke and died could the person who's actions caused this be charged with anything like wrongful death?

tigger22472 said:

What is the name of your state? Indiana

I am furious right now and curious of what could have happened.

If someone deliberately disappears (someone like the famous runaway bride issue) and as a direct result of those actions someone had a stroke and died could the person who's actions caused this be charged with anything like wrongful death?

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While they might be charged for a number of things, wrongful death would be difficult prove, unless there was a fiducary duty. For example, if the person was responsible/caretaker for someone and left them without appropriate care and they died as a result of neglect that might be charged but if a person had a stroke and died and no fiducary duty, there is no way to prove that they would not have had the stroke anyway.