How To Bring A Wrongful Death Suit For Your Deceased Loved One?

How To Bring A Wrongful Death Suit For Your Deceased Loved One?

It really happened. You got the call that your loved one has passed away. This is an extremely emotional time for you. It’s even worse when their death was due to someone else’s negligence. It could have been prevented. Your deceased loved one deserved justice.

They didn’t deserve death in that fashion.

In order to ďŹ le for a wrongful death claim in the state of California, you must prove the existence of these elements:

Someone has died

The death was caused by negligence or intent to harm

The surviving members are suffering ďŹ nancially as a result

The deceased estate has a personal representative appointed

Who Can Bring The Lawsuit?

The people who can typically bring the wrongful death lawsuit are the spouse/domestic partner, children of the deceased, or even grandchildren. Other parties may also sue if there is no surviving person in the deceased person’s “line of descent”. If you were financially dependent on the deceased person then you may be able to bring suit.

What Elements Must Be Proven?

In order to bring suit you must prove negligence, causation, breach of duty, and damages. You will need to be able to prove that the death of your loved one was caused by negligence of the other party.

An example of this would be if the other party was drinking and driving when they killed your loved one.

What Damages May You Have Available?

Damages are typically for either the loss suffered by the surviving members or used to compensate the estate for losses they suffered. Surviving family members can receive damages in categories such as the loss of love and affection, the loss of anticipated financial support, moral support and guidance from the deceased, as well as the value of the household services.

Damages that may be awarded to the estate include funeral and burial costs, medical bills, and lost income.

Hire an Attorney

When your loved one dies, it is a very traumatic experience. Their death would not have happened prematurely if it weren’t for someone else’s negligence.

It’s not fair. You should be focused on griefing. A Los Angeles wrongful death attorney Howard Craig Kornberg can help you get the compensation you deserve after the wrongful death of your loved one. He will fight for you and help to ease the burden.

Address: 10880 Wilshire Blvd, #1840 Los Angeles, CA 90024

Phone: 310-997-0904 Website: https://www.kornberglawďŹ rm .com/contact-html/

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