Maison Law of Ceres represents families who have lost a loved one in a tragic accident. When someone’s negligence is to blame for the death of a family member, those left behind must receive full support so they are protected financially through such a difficult time. Please contact us to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation with a real lawyer and find out about every benefit available to your family.
Should My Family Work With a Wrongful Death Lawyer?
If your loved one is killed in an accident caused by someone else’s mistake, your family has the legal right to seek justice and financial restitution. Families are empowered to seek help from insurance companies, but that doesn’t mean they’ll automatically receive the support they should. Insurance adjusters are trained to try to limit what families receive. An insurer can even attempt to falsely blame a departed victim for an accident.
A Ceres Wrongful Death Attorney protects your family’s rights and makes sure the facts of the accident can’t be changed by unfair insurance adjusters. A skilled lawyer files your claim for you and makes sure your family is awarded all benefits available. A lawyer also handles the frustrating back-and-forth with insurance companies while allowing as little disruption to your grieving family as possible.
The Most Dangerous Accident Risks in Ceres
Life moves fast for families around Ceres. We can focus on work, school, and family life, and sometimes not notice the accident risks around us.
One of the most common accident risks we’ll deal with is the traffic on local roads. And with the speeds and carelessness seen on routes like Highway 99 and Whitmore Avenue, any collision can prove enough to cause life-threatening harm.
California’s Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) reports that Ceres saw 226 collisions in 2024, leading to at least 3 heartbreaking deaths. Of course, many people in Ceres head out each morning for commutes into Modesto and greater Stanislaus County, where the deadly risk is even higher. The county saw 3,305 serious accidents in 2024, with at least 73 tragic fatalities.
Sadly, car crashes aren’t the only devastating types of accidents that families here can experience. Victims can lose their lives in scary falls, work accidents on farms, or even from a dog attack.
These are just some of the tragic accidents that could result in a wrongful death case:
- Traffic Accidents. Collisions caused by reckless and careless drivers can cause traumatic injuries and the risk of lost lives. Head-on collisions and crashes caused by truck drivers are especially dangerous. Bicyclists, motorcyclists, and pedestrians are at an elevated risk.
- Workplace Accidents. Plenty of local residents work in construction, on farms, and in manufacturing plants. These occupations are especially dangerous, especially when employers allow unsafe work conditions. The families of workers killed on the job can ask for death benefits through California’s Workers’ Comp. A California Workers’ Comp Lawyer can help families seek justice. Close relatives may also have to file wrongful death lawsuits against owners and companies. These options are available to all workers and their families in California, regardless of their immigration status.
- Falls from Heights. A landlord can fail in a duty to keep stairwells and decks on residential properties in working order. A collapse or a tumble down the stairs can cause deadly injuries. A victim could also slip and fall on a puddle left out in a store aisle. If a hip injury occurs, the victim could survive immediately, but succumb to injuries due to complications involved with being bedridden and immobile for too long.
- Dog Bites. Victims, especially young children, can have their lives put at risk by a dog attack. Dog owners are usually responsible for injuries, and when a dog attack claims a life.
- Defective Products. The products, tools, and appliances our families buy and have installed in homes can malfunction and endanger everyone nearby. The manufacturers and the retailers who sold the product may have to provide financial support to close relatives.
- Drowning Accidents. Deadly hazards around a pool and negligence on the part of pool managers can lead to a wrongful death lawsuit. A visit to a hotel pool, or a fun park or water park in Modesto can lead to tragedy and cause a family to suddenly need financial protection.
An attorney working on behalf of a victimized family will fully investigate a deadly accident. A skilled attorney also determines who exactly should be held accountable for a deadly accident. Sometimes that means more than one party is liable for a family’s hardships and financial future.
Who Can File a Wrongful Death Claim After a Fatal Accident?
People in California are generally under a “duty of care” when they are around other residents. Drivers, property owners, and others must act with care to make sure they don’t cause harm to others. This responsibility can apply to store owners, who must make sure customers can’t wander into deadly situations. Shoppers must be protected from electrocution and overhead objects that could tumble down. When property owners don’t show caution, they can be liable under a wrongful death claim. Drivers who speed or ignore traffic signals can also face this liability for the people they harm.
The same duty is required of landlords, all business owners, employers, medical care providers, and the City of Ceres.
When a loved one is tragically killed due to the negligence of someone else, the family victimized must file a wrongful death claim to hold those at fault fully liable.
California law empowers certain relatives to file a wrongful death claim on behalf of the entire family.
- Surviving spouse of the deceased
- Children of the deceased
- Parents, siblings, or cousins when no surviving spouses or children are present
- A personal representative who has been appointed to the estate
A Maison Law Wrongful Death Attorney can also take up this case, leaving families with additional time to grieve their loss. An attorney can represent one family member or the entire family in the process. A skilled attorney can often secure much more for families in a claim than they could usually earn by handling a case themselves.
Wrongful Death Support Available for Ceres Families
A wrongful death lawsuit can’t bring back the life of a loved one taken in an accident. But it’s often a critical step in the recovery of the family left behind. Families can suddenly be hit with financial obligations after a fatal accident. It may only be days before the bills for a funeral and burial come due. The accident may have left behind emergency response and ambulance fees, as well as hospital expenses if the deceased did not pass on immediately.
These are all expenses that families should never have to face alone. There’s also the financial turmoil that’s been left for a spouse and children in the future, if a major contributor to the family income has been claimed in a terrible accident.
These are just a few of the factors that should factor into a wrongful death settlement check for the family:
- Costs of a memorial service and burial.
- The emergency services fees and hospital costs built up before the victim passed on.
- The income and job benefits the deceased can no longer provide loved ones in the years ahead.
- Emotional trauma suffered by loved ones. This can include the love and guidance that family members can no longer depend on in the coming years.
- Loss of consortium. (Being without the intimate support of a partner)
- Cost of grief counseling and psychological services.
Contact a Ceres Wrongful Death Lawyer
Families should be allowed the time they need to grieve after a tragic accident, but bills and hardships stemming from a tragedy can make a wrongful death lawsuit necessary. A wrongful death attorney can handle your case privately with as little disruption to close family members as possible.
Contact Maison Law for a free and confidential case evaluation for any family in Stanislaus County. Our lawyers offer compassionate care to those in mourning to ensure they don’t suffer the financial consequences of someone else’s mistake.
And families who need help securing support don’t need to have any money to hire a wrongful death lawyer. Maison Law doesn’t charge anything unless we win your case for your family. Then our fee is paid out of the settlement money that an insurance company is forced to provide.
