which arise as a result of the wrongful act which caused the death. As noted by our Supreme Court, the "purpose of the Wrongful Death Statute is not to compensate for the injury to the decedent but rather to create a cause of action to provide a means by which the decedent's survivors may be compensated for the loss sustained by reason of the death." Reeder [v. Harper], 788 N.E.2d (1236, 1242 (Ind.2003) ]. A second important distinction between the two types of claims is when they come into being. A negligence claim arises as soon as the negligent act occurs. A claim for wrongful death, although the negligent act may have ultimately triggered the death, does not exist until the exact moment that the individual dies. See Holmes v. ACandS Inc., 709 N.E.2d 36, 39 (Ind.Ct.App.1999) (<HOLDING>), affirmed on reh'g, 711 N.E.2d 1289, trans.
holding that a failure to include a beneficiary in a wrongful death action is a defect because the wrongful death act restricts plaintiffs to a single action recognizing cause of action for wrongful discharge recognizing cause of action for wrongful death holding that the wrongful death cause of action acerues when the injured person dies holding that a cause of action for wrongful death is an asset of an estate