Wrongful death damages are intended to compensate heirs for the value of the support they could reasonably have expected to receive from the deceased if he or she had lived. Such compensatory damages can include both economic and non-economic losses. We discuss each of these in detail, below. The period for which such damages are recoverable is the shorter of: The deceased individual's life expectancy at the time of the wrongful act, or The life expectancy of the plaintiff at the time of the wrongful act.