If you have recently lost a loved one due to another’s negligence, you should contact a wrongful death lawyer near Rockville or Gaithersburg. While losing a family member is an understandably overwhelming event in anyone’s life, you deserve to have a personal injury lawyer who will fight for your right to compensation.
Every day, people die in car and truck accidents, plane crashes, boating accidents, property accidents, and due to medical malpractice. Most lay-people are only generally familiar with the term “wrongful death.” But wrongful death lawyers are familiar with two distinct legal claims. The first is a wrongful death claim brought by family members seeking compensation for damages such as loss of consortium, loss of support and loss of expected financial contributions the deceased would have made to the family had they lived. The second kind of claim is called a survival action and is generally brought on behalf of the decedent’s estate by the estate’s executor or personal representative. Compensation in these cases is for the pain, suffering and other losses suffered by the victim.
