Survival actions can also be brought by the personal representative of a decedent's estate per 42 PACSA section 8302. The estate is the representative of the person who has passed away in these cases, and the personal representative is eligible to initiate these claims that the decedent would have been able to bring were they still alive. For example, for things such as pain and suffering, past and future wage loss and medical loss. In those cases, the estate of the decedent is the beneficiary of any damages recovered and any funds recovered under that action pass through the estate into the probate process. If there is no will established for the person who passed away in Pennsylvania, the money passes per the intestacy law explained above. Survival action damage proceeds are subject to taxes and can also be used to pay outstanding estate creditor claims.