We can truly never be prepared for the moment that someone we love becomes injured in an accident. And nothing can prepare us for the absolute worst that can happen, the needless death of a loved one. The truth is there is no way to ever get ready for the death of a loved one, in fact it’s even hard to accept when it’s an impending diagnosis of a terminal nature. But when you lose someone you love as a result of the negligence or lack of priority of another it’s that much harder to accept. Adjusting to your life after the death of a loved one sometimes is just the beginning; sometimes more bad news follows. When the wrongful death is that of the financial provider and bread winner for the family the surviving spouse can quickly find themselves in dire straits. This is just the sort of situation that requires the assistance of a wrongful death attorney.
A death attorney is the proper legal professional that can immediately take over and file on the surviving spouses behalf. When the death occurred as a result of a doctors, or hospitals mistake, then the lawyer must decide if it is better to file for wrongful death or medical malpractice. Both specific types of law are tort law and are generally prosecuted by a death attorney from a personal injury law firm.
When the death occurred as a result of someone else’s negligence then the death attorney will sue either the individual or the company or corporation responsible. Say that your loved one was killed as a result of a faulty product then its manufacture would be the defendant in the wrongful death suit. If the loved one was lost as a result of a dangerous condition in a business’s owned property then the business would be liable.
Some wrongful death suits are a result of a person losing their life at work. What would be a workman’s compensation case if it resulted in an injury, when it is a death, then it becomes a death attorney’s job to hold the employer responsible. Keeping safe working conditions is every employer’s responsibility, and OCEA regulations are in place for just that reason.
If you or someone you love has lost a loved one as a result of the actions of another call on a death attorney to set things right. The surviving spouse does have recourse they can take to reach a settlement that will at least financially assist in holding on to the assets they currently have.
