It depends. A New Jersey School district paid $9.1 million to parents of bullied student, Mallory Grossman who died by suicide in 2017. See news report here. But most states do not allow recovery in cases of death by suicide.  They follow the archaic “suicide rule” that considers death …

Q: My father was killed in an accident that was not his fault.  As a result, I ended up with an inheritance.  Will the inheritance count against me if I sue the wrongdoer who caused my father’s death? A: No.  At least not in a case in California.  It’s not …