Wrongful death lawsuits are intended to secure monetary damages for a deceased person’s beneficiaries in the event the victim’s death was caused by another party’s careless or reckless actions. Wrongful death claims may arise in various circumstances, including:

• Motor vehicle accidents
• Medical malpractice that results in a patient’s death
• Workplace accidents or exposure to hazardous conditions or substances

For a wrongful death case to be successful, all of the following elements must be present:

• The death of a human being
• Negligence of another person, company, or entity as the cause of death
• Surviving family members who are suffering injury as a result of the death
• An appointed personal representative of the decedent's estate

In order to successfully prove a client’s wrongful death claim, our attorneys must demonstrate that the victim’s death was wholly or partly the result of the defendant’s conduct, even if there was no intention to kill the decedent. We must therefore show that the defendant was negligent or strictly liable for the victim’s death, as well as that a dependant party has suffered emotional and/or monetary damages as a result of the tragedy.

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