Maison Law represents families who lose loved ones in heartbreaking Stanislaus County car accidents. When reckless drivers cause fatal collisions, close relatives of the victims can seek full support as they take time to mourn their loss. Our wrongful death lawyers offer a free, confidential case consultation to all family members. Schedule a case review to find out how much in support a car insurance company should provide families after a tragedy.
Do I Need a Lawyer After Losing Someone in a Fatal Car Accident?
If a loved one is killed in a car accident caused by someone else’s mistake, families have the legal right to seek financial restitution. Families can seek support from insurance companies, but that doesn’t mean they’ll receive the assistance they should. Insurance adjusters are trained to try to limit what families receive and they can even attempt to blame an innocent victim for an accident.
A Turlock Wrongful Death Attorney safeguards the family’s rights and fights back against these unfair tactics. A skilled lawyer makes sure families are awarded all benefits available. A personal injury lawyer can help in filing a wrongful death claim and protecting the family’s interests. A lawyer also handles the frustrating negotiations with insurance companies while allowing as little disruption to a grieving family as possible.
Who Can Be Held Liable for Fatal Car Accidents?
The most dangerous thing most of us do each day is to pull out on local roads. The speed at which traffic moves and the weight and size of SUVs and Trucks can make travel risky. And that’s not factoring in the carelessness of many drivers.
A distracted driver can ram another vehicle at a red light along a busy route like Geer Road. A speeding driver can strike a defenseless pedestrian or cyclist along Monte Vista Avenue. Motorcyclists are also vulnerable to the mistakes of motorists in larger vehicles.
Any impact at almost any speed can result in a life-threatening injury. In some cases, a single driver’s recklessness is to blame for the loss of life. In these cases, families could file wrongful death claims against the at-fault motorist’s car insurance provider.
But victims may be placed in harm’s way by a truck driver in a big rig or by an Uber driver rushing to pick someone up. These drivers may carry their own insurance, but their employers might also cover their driver’s mistakes with insurance policies. Families can seek further compensation from companies and corporations like Amazon or rideshares.
A skilled Turlock car accident lawyer helps families identify every party that may be liable for a tragic crash. Lawyers then file wrongful death claims backed with powerful evidence to make sure drivers and businesses remain 100% responsible for such a tragedy.
Who Can File a Wrongful Death Claim in California?
In California, the most immediate family is given the right to file a wrongful death claim.
- The spouse or domestic partner of the victim
- The children and adopted children of the victim
- In some cases, the step-children of the victim
Other family members like the parents and siblings of the victim could join in a wrongful death claim if they were financially dependent on the deceased.
In many cases, the wrongful death lawsuits of all eligible family members are combined into one wrongful death case. When participants don’t agree on the terms of the case, litigants are allowed to file individual wrongful death claims, separate from the rest of the family.
A Maison Law attorney can file a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the entire family or represent individual members of the family in seeking justice.
Seeking Support for the Families of Wrongful Death Victims
A skilled Turlock attorney assists your family in filing a wrongful death claim backed by power evidence. Your lawyer also includes a detailed list of every hardship family members have faced and expect to face in the future.
These are just a few of the factors that determine the amount on a wrongful death settlement check for the family:
- Expenses of a funeral service and burial.
- The ambulance fees and any hospital bills accumulated before the victim passed away.
- The paychecks and work benefits the victim will no longer provide in the years to come.
- Emotional trauma suffered by family members. This can include the loss of the love and guidance victims won’t be able to provide in the years to come.
- Loss of consortium. (The loss of intimacy now that a partner is gone)
- Cost of grief counseling and other mental health services.
Contact a Turlock Fatal Car Accident 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.
If you think we can help your family secure more for their futures, you won’t need to worry about having the money to pay for a lawyer’s assistance. Maison Law doesn’t get paid unless we win your case for your family. Then our fee is covered through the wrongful death settlement check an insurance company must provide to your family.
