New Jersey legislators are moving toward expanding the range of damages that could be awarded under the state’s Wrongful Death Act.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-4 in recommending passage of S-1766, which is sponsored by the committee chairman, Sen. Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, and was introduced last February. It now goes to the full Senate. There is no companion measure in the Assembly.

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