With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". the jury so finds. N.C.G.S. § 28A-18-2(b) (2001). The allegations in a pleading must be liberally construed so as to do substantial justice. N.C.G.S. § 1A-1, Rule 8(f) (2001); Smith v. N.C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., 84 N.C. App. 120, 123, 351 S.E.2d 774, 776, aff’d, 321 N.C. 60, 361 S.E.2d 571 (1987). While a request for damages based on a decedent’s pain and suffering and hospital care can be construed as invoking an action for survival, in the context of this case, Plaintiff only intended to go forward with a wrongful death claim. In her complaint, Plaintiff states a claim “for the wrongful death of [Lester] Tyson” and then proceeds to plead all the damages listed in section 28A-18-2(b) with the exception of nominal damages. See Parrish, 143 N.C. App. at 255-56, 547 S.E.2d at 81 (<HOLDING>). Also, there is no indication in the complaint

A: recognizing cause of action for wrongful death
B: 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
C: recognizing that substantive issue of liability may be litigated in the same action for wrongful death and survival actions
D: holding the plaintiffs action was one for wrongful death and not survival where damages listed in complaint were identical to damages listed in the wrongful death act
D.