How a Wrongful Death Attorney Can Help Your Family
Losing a loved one is heartbreaking and can be a terrible shock when it occurs unexpectedly. Finding out that a family member passed away due to the negligent or reckless actions of another individual or business can feel devastating and unfair. A wrongful death attorney can assist you with obtaining justice and compensation that could help your family deal with any burial costs and other financial hardships you may now be facing. Your wrongful death lawyer just has to show that another party’s negligence led to the fatal accident for your loved one to make your family eligible to make a wrongful death claim.
What Is a Wrongful Death Claim?
Unintentional deaths that could provide an opportunity for a wrongful death claim are more common than you may think. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), unintentional injury deaths are among the leading causes of death among Americans. More than 200,000 such deaths typically occur annually. Accidents can happen at work, while driving, or simply when visiting a business or property.
The close relatives of a deceased individual typically start the wrongful death claim process. If a person passes away due to the negligence or deliberately wrongful act of another, family members of the decedent generally have the legal right to file a wrongful death lawsuit and pursue compensation. Wrongful death claims are essentially personal injury lawsuits where the plaintiff passed away from the injuries. Close relatives who depended on the income or benefits of the decedent can then act as plaintiffs and fight for their due in court.
How Our Wrongful Death Attorneys Negotiate a Fair Settlement Offer
One of the biggest benefits of hiring wrongful death attorneys to represent your family is the experience we have in cases similar to yours. Because of our successful past case results, we know when the insurance company is treating our clients unfairly by offering lower settlement amounts than what the case deserves. We use the facts that we uncover in the case to try to determine the value of the wrongful death claim.
If you are representing yourself in negotiations with the insurer, you aren’t going to have the background knowledge to understand when the insurance offers are too low and unfair. Insurance representatives may act as if they are sympathetic to the loss of your loved one, but their primary focus in all injury and wrongful death claims is reducing the amount they pay to victims, which keeps the company’s profit margins as high as possible.
Financial Awards Your Wrongful Death Lawyers Will Try to Win for Your Family
Experienced wrongful death law firms can attempt to win financial awards in a few different areas for the surviving family members, including:
- Emergency medical costs for trying to save your loved one’s life
- An award for any pain and suffering your loved one had before passing away
- Burial and funeral costs
- Reimbursement of estimated wages your loved one would have earned in the years ahead
- Compensation for a reduction in the quality of life your family will have in the future without your deceased loved one’s companionship and support.
We understand that having to relive the circumstances surrounding your loved one’s death can be traumatic. You can trust highly professional wrongful death lawyers to give your family the compassionate representation you need to help you work through this difficult time. In reality, by letting us deal with the insurance company for you, your family members may not have to relive the circumstances of the fatal accident as often.
How Attorneys Work to Prove a Wrongful Death Claim
In order to establish that a claim exists, a wrongful death attorney must prove the following:
- The negligent party had a duty of care to the decedent to act in a safe and reasonable manner.
- Their deliberate act or negligence breached that duty.
- Their wrongful act directly caused the fatality.
- You suffered actual damages from the wrongful act.
Examples of Wrongful Death Claims
Any type of accident where a person or entity negligently or deliberately caused the death of another could qualify for a wrongful death lawsuit, including the following examples.
Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice can include surgery mistakes, prescribing the wrong medication, misdiagnosis, and other types of medical errors.
Motor Vehicle or Trucking Accidents
Negligent driving actions that can lead to a fatality include aggressive driving, driving while impaired, or failing to follow the rules of the road.
Intentional Violence or Murder
If someone injured your loved one with the intent to harm or kill, you could have not only a criminal case but a civil wrongful death claim as well.
Slip and Fall Accidents
Examples of dangerous property conditions can include missing steps, non-existent or poor lighting, broken flooring, and loose carpeting.
Defective Product Claims
Defective product claims can cover all types of dangerous products, including electrical appliances, car parts, children’s toys, and many others.
Contact Our Experienced Wrongful Death Attorneys at Tyroler Leonard Injury Law
If your loved one died as a result of someone else’s negligence, you have the right to file a wrongful death lawsuit. Our wrongful death attorneys serving Minnesota and Wisconsin are ready to help. If you have mounting medical bills and other expenses because of the wrongful death of your loved one, a financial award can be a significant benefit. We understand a financial award won’t return your family life to normal, but it can allow your family to continue living the quality of life it did when your loved one was alive and earning a wage. Your family potentially doesn’t have to give up its financial dreams after the loss of a loved one when you win a wrongful death lawsuit with the help of our team.
You do not have to struggle with filing a wrongful death claim on your own to seek compensation while working through your grief. Our experienced wrongful death lawyers are ready to begin working on your case as soon as you choose to hire us. Call Tyroler Leonard Injury Law at (651) 259-1113 for a free consultation. We will give you our opinion about the strength of your wrongful death claim and about how we can help.