Engaging The Services Of Wrongful Death Attorneys

2008-11-13 12:15:22

( Legal )



Whenever your spouse or any member of your immediate family has been killed by another person who acted intentionally or negligently, you have the right of recourse to file a wrongful death suit. To pursue your lawsuit, you must hire one of the death attorneys in your locality. With a wrongful death attorney as your court representative, you have the chance to win recovery of money as damages.

The reward may also include other economic benefits which your dead spouse or immediate relative would have received had the dead person been alive. The death attorneys may be able to give you the estimated amount of damages that you can receive should you win the case. The damages for an employed person usually include work life expectancy, as well as the projected income and fringe benefits in the future.

If you only cohabited with the person who was intentionally or unintentionally killed, then death attorneys may be able to advise you whether or not you are entitled to the same compensation. Wrongful death laws were not usually applicable to unmarried persons. But some courts in a number of states have granted unmarried partner to be paid with the compensation through what is legally called as the bystander rights.

Death attorneys should be able to explain to you some of the factors that determine if you can fully avail of the bystander rights. As a general rule, the number of years that you have cohabited with your dead partner would be taken into consideration, as well as the level of interconnectedness of your life with that of your dead partner. The bystander rights were given by the courts to avoid an unfair situation where an immediate relative who was not there during the final years of the dead person would have the right to get the compensation.


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