At Child & Jackson, our entire staff is here to support the rights and best interests of loved ones who have lost a family member or financial provider due to a wrongful death incident. If your family faces an uncertain future because of a car, pedestrian, motorcycle, bike, or truck accident, a workplace injury incident, boating accident, or other incident caused by negligence that claimed the life of someone providing support, contact Child & Jackson today.
Meeting with one of our Sacramento wrongful death lawyers can allow you to begin to explore your legal options and feel a bit of relief as you recognize the tools at your disposal to help navigate this challenging time and any issues that will arise in the future.
At this difficult time, it can be hard to separate what you think you need and what are actual legal requirements. Please understand that from a legal perspective, you are never required to hire a lawyer or have any legal representation to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit or any other legal action. You or a family member could choose to handle preparing and filing the wrongful death case with the court. However, that might not be in your and your family’s best interests today or in the future.
Negotiating a settlement for a wrongful death can be very complex and require extensive research and exploration of the details of the incident and the future needs of the family members left behind. Even when the party representing the liable party or their insurance company appears to be kind and helpful, they are working to protect the bottom line of that business. By hiring the legal team at Child & Jackson, you are placing a legal professional in the position to protect you and your loved ones, as your wrongful death lawyer is legally obligated to work for nothing but the best outcome for you.
With years of experience handling cases that will dictate the future financial security of families who have lost a loved one and significant financial contributor, we know how to carefully evaluate your needs and work diligently to ensure they are met today and in the future with a robust settlement to help support your loved ones in the years to come. Finally, research clearly demonstrates that wrongful death matters that a legal professional resolves typically provide a larger settlement than those that a family member of the wrongful death victim negotiates.
Contact the staff at Child & Jackson at your earliest opportunity to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation to discuss the facts of the wrongful death incident, the needs of you and your loved ones, and how our Sacramento wrongful death lawyers can help you get the support you need and deserve.
We will explain the legal merit of the case, your options, and answer any additional questions you might have. Then all the choices about legal action and your future are up to you. There is no obligation for you to hire our firm or to move forward with a lawsuit.
Our only goal is to help you fully understand the legal aspects of this difficult time, allowing you to make the best, most well-informed choices for you and your loved ones.
It is typical for a wrongful death lawsuit to be filed by the family of the deceased or a single family member.
From a legal perspective, the first person to have the option to pursue legal action in a wrongful death case is the spouse or domestic partner of the victim.
Next, the children or grandchildren can make that choice.
If there are no surviving family members, those classified as adopted children or heirs can take legal action. The family who could be considered heirs to the inheritance includes the deceased’s parents and siblings.
The last group who could file a wrongful death lawsuit are those who were in some way financially dependent on the deceased.
Many loved ones feel embarrassed or ashamed even to be thinking about financial considerations, let alone discussing them with a wrongful death lawyer at Child & Jackson. Please know that our staff understands the conflicted feelings that you might experience during this time, and we are here to help you resolve them and your monetary issues.
At your free consultation, we can discuss the settlement value of your case in more detail and explore these items that could be included in the amount sought by your case:
We will also explore the non-economic damages sustained by your family that will impact your future quality of life without your loved one. These items could be”
While it can be hard to evaluate and place a dollar value on future losses and the way the loss of your loved one will alter your future, the team at Child & Jackson is here to help you explore the items that will forever be altered in order to seek the support you and your loved ones need and deserve to find future financial stability.
The family of the deceased due to a wrongful death incident has two years from the date of their loved one’s passing to file a lawsuit with the court. This might sound like ample time to process your grief and move forward to resolve the matter. But please understand that this time limit is strictly enforced. Once it expires, you will lose the ability to pursue a lawsuit and seek funds for the wrongful loss you suffered. We ask you to consider reaching out to Child & Jackson as soon as possible to discuss your wrongful death claim and begin to sort out the facts of the case.
Our team is here to help you navigate the challenges you face and ensure that this time is used to the fullest to protect your family and honor your loved one with justice and the support they would want you and your family to have in the coming years.
California is a one-action state concerning wrongful death. That means the family of a wrongful death victim can file only a single wrongful death lawsuit. Typically, the family works together in this process, and once a settlement is reached, the funds are distributed to family members based on each person’s losses.
While there can only be a single wrongful death lawsuit for the loss of a loved one, that case can name multiple liable parties. For example, it is not uncommon for a hospital and various staff members to be named in a wrongful death case that is related to medical malpractice. It is also common for liability to be shared when the loss of life was the result of a car accident involving multiple vehicles, or a premises liability case could name several parties who were negligent in their duty of care.
Many family members fear speaking in court or in public about their loss and the emotional trauma of losing a loved one in a wrongful death incident. Some also worry that they could be overly emotional and harm the case and outcome for their family members. But in these instances, you should know that most wrongful death cases never move to the courtroom. The vast majority of Sacramento wrongful death cases are resolved thanks to the skill of your lawyer in a negotiation process that saves time and money as compared to going to court.
After the loss of a loved one due to a wrongful death event, do not hesitate to reach out to Child & Jackson for a free consultation with a Sacramento wrongful death lawyer. Our goal is to ensure that you understand your legal options, the time you have to make these significant choices, and the potential outcomes of your various courses of action. But you are never obligated to hire Child & Jackson or file a Sacramento wrongful death lawsuit.
Please accept our deepest condolences for the loss of your loved one and know that we are here to support you in any legal action you decide will best meet your needs. Finally, we work on a contingency basis, so you never need to feel additional stress about paying for legal services until the matter is resolved and you have the settlement funds needed to cover these costs and your other damages resulting from the loss of your loved one.
