Alabama § 6-5-411 - Injuries to Decedent’s Property Resulting from Wrongful Act, Etc., Causing Death.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 6-5-411 — Injuries to Decedent’s Property Resulting from Wrongful Act, Etc., Causing Death., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 6-5-411. Injuries to Decedent’s Property Resulting from Wrongful Act, Etc., Causing Death.
(a) The personal representative of a deceased person may commence an action in a court of competent jurisdiction within the State of Alabama, and not elsewhere, and recover such damages as the jury may assess for injuries or damages to the property of the decedent resulting from the same wrongful act, omission, or negligence which caused the death of the decedent, provided the decedent could have commenced such action if the wrongful act, omission, or negligence causing the property damage had not also caused his death.
(b) Such action may be commenced though there has not been prosecution, conviction, or acquittal of the defendant for the wrongful act, omission, or negligence; and it shall not abate by the death of the defendant, but may be revived against his personal representative.
(c) The damages recovered are not subject to the payment of the debts or liabilities of the decedent, but must be distributed according to the statute of distributions.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 6-5-411 ("Injuries to Decedent’s Property Resulting from Wrongful Act, Etc., Causing Death.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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