A person can be declared legally dead after they are exposed to "imminent peril" and fail to return—as in a plane crash, as portrayed in the movie Cast Away. In these cases courts …

Jul 3, 2025 · Being declared legally dead while you are still alive is a rare but real problem. This situation, often stemming from a simple clerical error or outdated legal procedures, transforms …

Dec 2, 2025 · A woman who was wrongly declared dead at home later woke up in the mortuary, an inquest has heard. Police, paramedics and family all attended Olive Martin's address after …

2 days ago · A Georgia mother was heartbroken when her daughter was declared brain dead, only to find herself in what she described as "a nightmare" for months.

Dec 2, 2025 · A 65-Year-Old Thai Woman Was Declared Dead — Then She Knocked On Her Coffin Just Before Her Cremation

Dec 4, 2025 · The baby boy born prematurely to a Georgia woman who had been declared brain dead after a medical emergency remains in the hospital nearly six months after his birth, his …

Jun 3, 2025 · According to the Cleveland Clinic, it's known as the Lazarus Effect. Named after the biblical story of Jesus raising Lazarus back from the dead, this usually occurs after CPR ends. …

The family of Adriana Smith, a Georgia woman who was declared brain-dead but kept on life support to carry her pregnancy due to the state's abortion law, has shared a heartbreaking …

Legally Dead refers to the legal standards defining death. Explore the criteria and implications of being declared legally dead in modern law.

Jan 23, 2025 · In 1975, 20-year-old Lal Bihari Mritak from India found that he had been wrongly declared dead. This wasn’t an administrative error; his uncle had bribed officials so that he …