Willmar Wrongful Death Lawyers
When an unthinkable accident happens and your loved one suffers a fatal injury, it can be devastating for your family. You may be unsure how to proceed without your loved one’s companionship. Your family’s financial future may be uncertain without the salary your loved one earned. If another party’s negligent actions caused the death of your loved one, you have the right to seek a financial award that may alleviate some of your family’s financial stresses. Trust the Willmar wrongful death lawyers at Tyroler Leonard Injury Law to fight tirelessly to try to win a financial judgment for you. Learn more about how we can help after a fatality claimed your loved one.
What Does a Wrongful Death Mean?
A wrongful death is a legal term that indicates someone died because of the negligent actions of another person or entity. If the negligent party had taken different actions, the victim in the fatal accident might have survived. It doesn’t matter if the negligent party performed the actions on purpose or inadvertently; the actions may still be negligent.
If the surviving family members choose to bring a wrongful death lawsuit, our Willmar, MN, wrongful death accident lawyers must be able to prove that negligence occurred. Without a finding of negligence, the wrongful death lawsuit is not winnable.
In some wrongful death lawsuits, the negligent party may face criminal charges, too. If the negligent party was driving drunk and killed your loved one in a car accident, the party that caused the death may have to go to trial for criminal charges. If we choose to file a wrongful death lawsuit, this is a civil matter that is separate from any criminal charges. However, we can use evidence that’s part of the criminal trial to prove negligence occurred. Whether the negligent party receives a conviction on the criminal charges doesn’t affect our ability to seek a financial award in a wrongful death lawsuit.
Trust Our Willmar Wrongful Death Attorneys to Seek the Maximum Award Your Family Deserves to Have
When you are seeking a claim related to your loved one’s fatality, our Willmar, MN, wrongful death attorneys will try to maximize the financial award for you in a few different areas, including:
- Medical costs related to the efforts to try to save your loved one’s life
- Funeral costs, burial costs, and other final expenses
- Any pain and suffering your loved one had before passing away
- The loss of wages that your loved one would have earned for the family.
Additionally, we can seek a compensation amount for any loss of emotional support and companionship that your family now must deal with. If the negligent part was especially reckless in causing the fatal accident, it’s possible that we can seek punitive damages, too.
Determining the value of the various aspects of a wrongful death claim can be difficult for the surviving family members to do on their own, especially when they are still grieving the loss. When you don’t have legal representation, insurance companies that are more interested in maintaining high profit margins may purposefully offer your family a lower amount than you deserve. The insurer hopes you’ll accept almost any amount to put the case behind you. Our wrongful death lawyers in Willmar, MN, will help you determine a fair value for the claim and will work hard to convince the insurer why you deserve to have this amount.
Why You Should Trust Our Wrongful Death Accident Lawyers in Willmar, MN, With Your Case
When you choose to hire the team at Tyroler Leonard Injury Law to represent your family in a wrongful death case, you’re receiving an experienced and skilled team that works tirelessly on behalf of our clients.
Attorney Isaac Tyroler has been working to help accident victims and their families for more than a decade. He has a passion for helping injured people receive fair treatment when insurance companies are creating red tape that leads to frustrating delays and denials of claims. In 2017, he initially received recognition as a Super Lawyers Rising Star.
Attorney Rachel Sperling Leonard has been helping English- and Spanish-speaking clients for almost a decade. While she was attending law school, she worked in the legal defense department for an insurance company. That experience gave her valuable insights into how insurers treat the families of decedents in wrongful death lawsuits, allowing her to take effective steps for our clients to counteract the insurance company’s unfair actions.
Our Willmar, MN, wrongful death attorneys can help your family in several ways, including:
- Negotiating with the insurance company on your behalf
- Investigating the accident to find prove of negligent behavior
- Determining an accurate value of the wrongful death claim
- Giving you and your family the emotional support you need.
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ: Common Questions That Our Willmar, MN, Wrongful Death Accident Lawyers Receive
When you suddenly lose your loved one in a fatal accident, you might have a lot of questions about how a wrongful death case works. Our team at Tyroler Leonard Injury Law promises to take whatever time is necessary to explain the process to you and to put your mind at ease about it. We never want you to feel uncomfortable with any aspect of the case. Here are some common questions that our team receives from our wrongful death clients, along with our answers.
Who Is Eligible to File a Wrongful Death Claim?
Close surviving family members are eligible to file a wrongful death claim, such as the spouse, children, parents, siblings, grandparents, or other relatives. Our wrongful death accident lawyers in Willmar can help you understand who is eligible to file the claim. Minnesota state law may require you to have a trustee officially represent the family in the claim, and our team can explain this process to you.
How Long Do I Have to File a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
Minnesota state statute 573.02 gives the decedent’s family members up to three years from the date of the death to file a lawsuit against the negligent party. Although there are exceptions to this three-year limitation, we recommend that you reach out to our lawyers for wrongful death in Willmar, MN, as soon as possible after the accident. By speaking with us in a free case review, you’ll at least understand all the options available to you, even if you don’t choose to hire us or to proceed with a lawsuit right away.
How Do I Know If Our Family Can Afford to Hire Wrongful Death Attorneys?
At Tyroler Leonard Injury Law, we work on a contingency fee basis when representing the surviving family members after a fatal accident. This means that you do not have to pay us any money at the time you hire us to represent you in the wrongful death lawsuit. Instead, our fee is contingent on our winning the case. If we win a financial award for you, we receive a percentage of the final amount. If we don’t win the case, you owe us nothing for our representation.
How Long Does It Take to Conclude a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
Some wrongful death lawsuits will come to a conclusion within a few months, while others might take a few years to settle. The length of the case depends on the willingness of the insurance company to negotiate a settlement and on the complexity of the accident investigation. You can trust that our wrongful death accident attorneys in Willmar will work hard to keep the case moving forward as quickly as possible without sacrificing your family’s chances at winning the financial award you deserve to have.
Our wrongful death attorneys serving Willmar, MN, understand that you are almost certainly going through a lawsuit like this for the first time. We do not assume you know everything or that you understand legal jargon. Our team takes the time to explain the entire process to you, giving you confidence in our processes and in how we’ll treat the memory of your loved one.
For a Free Case Review, Reach Out to Our Willmar Wrongful Death Lawyers Today
At Tyroler Leonard Injury Law, we understand that winning a wrongful death lawsuit is not going to bring your loved one back. You might hesitate to file a wrongful death lawsuit – even if you believe you have a strong case – because you’re worried about having to relive the accident. Our legal team understands these concerns. However, we also feel confident that your loved one would not want your family to suffer financially because of the fatal accident. Your loved one might want your family to be able to continue moving toward goals like paying for the kids to go to college, and winning a financial award can help with these goals.
Let our Willmar wrongful death lawyers provide advice on how we think you should proceed. After this initial meeting, you are under no obligation to hire us. Because we offer a free initial case review, you are risking nothing by talking with us. To take advantage of your free consultation, call us today at 651-259-1117. You can be confident that we will treat the memory of your loved one with the respect and compassion that you deserve.
Attorney Isaac Tyroler
Attorney Isaac Tyroler has been a strong advocate for injured people his entire legal career. He has a passion for righting wrongs, and he deeply cares about representing injured clients who may feel overwhelmed or uncertain about how to navigate the legal system. He is compassionate toward clients and aggressive with insurance companies and defendants. He is on the elected Board of Governors of the Minnesota Association of Justice (MAJ), the top personal injury lawyers’ group in Minnesota. And is currently the chair of MAJ’s legislative committee. [ Attorney Bio ]
