Provo Wrongful Death Lawyer

What is a Wrongful Death?

Death is always devastating, especially when it is someone you love. However, the pain can be lasting when you know it resulted from someone’s negligence. If such is your case, you can seek compensation under the law.

State define wrongful death as a death caused by a “wrongful act or neglect” If the “decedent” could have filed a personal injury claim had they lived, their death is “wrongful.” Our firm can help you file a wrongful death lawsuit. We can help you sue hospitals, police, nursing homes, doctors, etc.

If your loved one was killed in an accident or by someone’s negligence or wrongdoing, you might have a case. Contact us now if you need the services of a a qualified wrongful death lawyer.

How Wrongful Deaths Occur?

When someone dies because of someone else’s negligence, carelessness, or willful action, it is called a wrongful death. Usually, the families of people who could have lived can file wrongful death claims. Common causes of wrongful death lawsuits are listed below.

Car Accident

In the U.S., car accidents are the leading causes of wrongful death. Over 38,000 Americans die in car accidents typically caused by distracted, drunk, aggressive, visually impaired, and road construction drivers.

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice can also lead to wrongful death. A doctor must ensure their patients receive proper treatment, diagnosis, and prescriptions. Even small prescription, diagnosis, or treatment errors can cause wrongful death.

If you believe a hospital or doctor provided substandard care that led to someone’s death, you can file a wrongful death suit against them.

Common medical errors that may lead to wrongful death claims include the following:

• Miscarriage

• Birth injuries

• Maltreatment or neglect

• Device malfunction

• Wrong medication or diagnosis

• Anesthesia and surgical mistakes

Losing a family member due to a doctor’s error can be traumatic. However, if you can prove that your loved one’s death resulted from medical malpractice, you may get damages.

Plane Crash

Plane crashes can also cause wrongful death. Accidents in the air that happen due to someone else’s negligence can attract a wrongful death claim. For instance, if the plane crash was due to faulty parts, poor design, or pilot error, it may count as a wrongful death case.

However, an airplane wrongful death suit can be complicated. This is because the negligent party is not so apparent in these wrongful death cases.

Families of victims usually sue airlines to get their wrongful death settlement. However, the airlines are only liable if the accident happens due to a negligent pilot. On the other hand, the airline may not be liable if the accident was due to a defective part of the aircraft. In this case, the manufacturer takes the blame.

Workplace Accident

Bad equipment, improper training, unsafe environments, fires, and explosions can cause wrongful death in work environments. Chemical exposure and falling debris can also cause wrongful death. When this happens, family members can sue the business owner for wrongful death damages.

Product Liability

If defective products cause wrongful death, manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and retailers are liable. Claim types include:

• Wrong product design

• Defective production

• Lack of defect warnings

Nursing Home Negligence

Nursing home negligence can also cause wrongful death. If a patient dies due to a caregiver’s negligence, the nursing home and the negligent caregiver may be liable.

What does a Wrongful Death Attorney Do?

There is no financial compensation that can undo the trauma of losing a loved one. However, seeking a fair and good settlement or judgment can allow surviving dependents and family members to recover and heal from their loss.

Wrongful death attorneys strive to help their clients get maximum compensation for the deaths of their loved ones.

Punitive damages and compensatory damages are the two main types of damages in wrongful death cases. Punitive damages are to punish the wrongdoer, while compensatory damages are intended to compensate eligible surviving family members for specific losses incurred due to their loved one’s death.

Compensatory damages in wrongful death cases may include:

• Lost income, including expected future earnings

• Medical bills associated with the victim’s final treatment/care

• Reasonable funeral expenses and burial costs

• Lost love, affection, guidance, counsel, and advice

• Lost inheritance due to victim’s death

• Financial support and services provided by the decedent

• Conscious suffering and pain endured by the decedent

Who can File the Wrongful Death Lawsuits?

The decedent’s executor must file the wrongful death claim or lawsuit. An executor is the heir or personal representative of the decedent’s family. The law also allows the legal guardian of adults under guardianship to bring claims.

By law, damages in a wrongful death claims are sought on behalf of:

• The widow

• Surviving biological and adopted children

• Biological or adoptive surviving parents

• Minor stepchildren; if they are dependents

If none of these people exist, other blood relatives/family members who were financially dependent on the decedent can seek justice or damages.

Choose a Top Wrongful Death Law Firm

Our wrongful death lawyers would fight for full and fair compensation if someone else caused your loved one’s death. You may be entitled to financial compensation for medical expenses, funeral costs, loss of companionship, and more in a wrongful death lawsuit. We don’t get paid unless you win so that you can expect maximum restitution.

Our system ensures our attorneys focus on each wrongful death claim. Our wrongful death lawyers aren’t intimidated by opposition and know when to settle. Our team includes nurses, attorneys, and paralegals, giving us an advantage in research and case application.

Call us now and let us handle your case.