The impact associated with losing a loved one can be sudden, tragic, overwhelming, and debilitating. Leaving behind spouses, children, parents, and other loved ones who never imagined they would face such a tragedy creates a vacuous pit of sudden financial and emotional losses that cannot be fathomed.
This loss of love, companionship, comfort, affection, and guidance is recoverable when committed through the negligence or fault of somebody else. Most wrongful death cases occur when someone is careless while operating a car or truck, or even because of a defective product or unsafe condition on a premise. For example, in the United States alone, there are 146,500 accident-related deaths each year.
Wrongful death means a preventable death that resulted from someone falling below their duty of care. This can apply to a wide range of accidents including:
Because it often can be the fault of multiple people, the subject is complex and require a highly skilled wrongful death attorney.
The law recognizes that wrongful death results in significant damages that should not be borne by the surviving family member. Instead, the law allows for recovery on behalf of the victim for the negligence and fault of another party who caused the death. In California, few categories of people have a right to make a claim:
Helping clients recover from all of their losses is the primary purpose of a wrongful death claim. As a family member who has suffered a loss of a loved one, we fight to compensate families for their financial losses caused by their family members death such as burial and funeral expenses, lost income of the deceased, and sometimes the medical bills incurred because of someone else negligence before the victim’s demise.
In addition, we seek to commemorate the emptiness left in the heart of these family members. Although we have no way to bring back their loved ones, and no amount of money can ever replace them, we pursue additional compensation for losing love, affection, companionship, moral support, and guidance.
We will work with the family member to make sure they get the support they need including grieve counseling, therapy, psychology, or other counselors trained to help those who have suffered a loss move forward. We also focus on telling the story of what it feels like to lose the glue that held the family together. Our wrongful death lawyers aim to take as much stress away from our clients and advocate on their behalf during a difficult time. With love and compassion, we seek to make a tragic wrong feel a little less awful.