A lawsuit filing, claiming that a doctor failed to advise the parents that a child might have the prospect of birth defects.

plural of wrongful dismissal

A civil claim against a person who can be held liable for the death of another.

(literally) Describing actions or activities that the speaker considers inappropriate, misdirected, or unlikely to yield good results.

(law) A statute that provides relief from the common law rule that the death of an individual cannot be the basis of a cause of action in a civil suit.

plural of wrongful death statute

(UK, derogatory, slang) A dishonest or disreputable person; a crook or rogue. / (cricket) A googly. / (horse-racing) A horse deliberately held back in order to lose a race.

A telephone number dialled by mistake, for example by transposing digits. / A telephone call received from an unfamiliar caller, due to a mistake in the number dialled.

Alternative spelling of wrongdoing

simple past tense and past participle of wrong-foot