I'll rephrase "can the family of the dead person sue people for causing emotional - and potentially financial - trauma due to people making false claims of crim

I'll rephrase "can the family of the dead person sue people for causing emotional - and potentially financial - trauma due to people making false claims of criminal activity?" I also get there's a glib "you can sue for anything, but it can always be thrown out" response, but that's a non-answer.