Death by misadventure

In the United Kingdom, death by misadventure is the recorded manner of death for an accidental death caused by a risk taken voluntarily.^[1]

Misadventure in English law, as recorded by coroners and on death certificates and associated documents, is a death that is primarily attributed to an accident that occurred due to a risk that was taken voluntarily. In contrast, when the manner of death is given as an accident, the coroner has determined that the decedent had taken no unreasonable willful risk.^[1]

"Misadventure may be the right conclusion when a death arises from some deliberate human act which unexpectedly and unintentionally goes wrong."^[2]

Legally defined

In the case of R v Wolverhampton Coroner,

beyond reasonable doubt, which is used elsewhere.^[4]

See also

• Death by Misadventure is also the name of a song from Ted Nugent's album Cat Scratch Fever (1977).
• Death by Misadventure is the name of the first episode of the first season of the television series Chucky.

References

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2. ^ "Cooroners Guidance No.17" (PDF). Judiciary UK. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
3. ^ R v Wolverhampton Coroner, ex p McCurbin [1990] 1 WLR 719
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