Wrongful Death

If you have found yourself reading this, you may be currently going through tremendously difficult emotions. You might be in shock that a person you care about was taken out of your life without any warning. It might have been your child, partner, spouse, sibling, parent, aunt, uncle, grandparent, or another individual you shared your life with.

While the loss of a person you love is almost always difficult emotionally, those intense emotions can be made even more extreme when mixed in with the fact that your tragic loss could have possibly been prevented. When wrongful acts take away people that we love, it is a normal part of the grieving process to be angry at responsible parties.

For most people who lose someone they love because of negligence, there wasn’t any kind of warning that they would have to live the next day without their loved ones. You may not have even been able to say goodbye. No matter how you choose to look at it, a person you care about has been taken from you and all the other people who loved them. After this has happened, it is important to begin taking steps that your departed loved one deserves.

One crucial step in recovering after a fatal accident is getting in touch with an experienced wrongful death lawyer to know whether it is necessary to pursue justice and compensation for the loss of your loved one.

Understandably, the feelings of grief related to the wrongful death of a loved one can be debilitating and make it challenging to even deal with your normal daily life. For this reason, contacting a Northern California wrongful death attorney may be the last thing on your mind. However, it is important to understand that parties and insurance companies liable to pay for the accident will not wait. In fact, they are most likely already working hard to investigate their defense options or disclaim their responsibility for the fatal accident. In some cases, liable parties even obscure critical evidence related to the incident. For these reasons, you must find a wrongful death attorney in who can begin working for you and your family immediately.

A wrongful death case may be brought when a person dies due to someone else's negligence. Many types of accidents result in wrongful death. For example, doctors and hospitals that make mistakes and cause a patient’s death may be liable in a wrongful death case. Similarly, a driver who violates traffic laws by driving distracted or ignoring speed limits is considered negligent and can also be responsible. Some other wrongful death accidents include workplace accidents and product liability, where a dangerous consumer product causes a fatality. The accident could have been prevented in all of these cases if a party or group had not been negligent.

At The Rishwain Law Firm, your wrongful death claim is handled with care and empathy by attorneys who are highly qualified and experienced in these matters. Your family member may have died as a result of an auto accident caused by a negligent driver or in some other negligent or deliberate way. Regardless of the case, we will work diligently to get you the justice and financial security you deserve.