Arizona Wrongful Death Lawyers

Arizona wrongful death lawyers who represent people who have suffered a personal injury or death by negligence, medical malpractice or a defective product. We also represent people treated unfairly by insurance companies resulting in bad faith, breach of contract, and uninsured motorist claims.

A wrongful death is the misconduct of another person or a company or the omission of another that results in death.  The misconduct can vary from carelessness to negligence, either intentional or simply reckless.  For example, a wrongful death can occur when a malfunction of a manufactured item led to an individual passing.  There are laws that have been instituted to protect individuals and prevent wrongful deaths from occurring.  Individual states passed wrongful death statutes in order make some form of wrongful death claim action available.  Unfortunately, wrongful deaths occur and there is compensation available for the survivors of the victims. 

Not every instance will escalate into a wrongful death case because of other complications that may have contributed to the wrongful death.  The circumstances must all be considered and investigated to understand who was liable.  Under no instance can a family member sue another family member for a wrongful death.  Survivors and beneficiaries of wrongful death victims, or beneficiaries, include the children and spouse of the deceased or the parents in the case of a wrongful death involving a child. 

There is certain compensation available for each survivor of the wrongful death victim depending on what category the individual has rights to for either economic or non-economic factors.  Although the compensation available for survivors varies from state to state they are based on the relationship to the wrongful death victim and allow for the actual losses experienced.  Some damages that can be recovered in a wrongful death claim include, medical and funeral expenses, loss of the victim’s salary and anticipated salary, benefit losses, pain and suffering, and punitive damages.  The Estate may also have a right to seek out compensation for the loss of a prospective estate that may have built up had the action not ended in a wrongful death. 

Some cases of wrongful death can be difficult to prove, but some cases can recover interest.  The sooner a family takes action following a wrongful death the better the chances to collect proper compensation.  It is necessary to prove that the wrongful death was the direct cause of misconduct or negligence. 

An accurate portrait of the relationship the deceased and the surviving had must also be demonstrated.  When the victim of an wrongful death had a condition or disease that may have restricted their life expectancy, it is harder to determine future losses and so obtaining compensation will be more difficult.  This is the same in terms of the survivors of the wrongful death victim.  Especially when determining compensation for non-economic hardships it is hard to prove on a scale.  In any instance, if a wrongful death is suspected the survivors should not hesitate to seek expertise.  A wrongful death case can help eliminate future instances from occurring.