Can You Bring A NIED Claim If You Are a Bystander and Not Married to the Victim?
The wrongful death statute, RCW 4.20.020, describes the potential beneficiaries of a Washington wrongful death action: Every such action shall be for the benefit of the wife, husband, state registered domestic partner, child or children, including stepchildren, of the person whose death shall have been so caused. If there be no wife, husband, state registered domestic partner, or such child or children, such action may be maintained for the benefit of the parents, sisters, or
