When a person dies due to the fault of another person, this is considered wrongful death. The most common causes of wrongful death include motorcycle and automotive accidents, airplane accidents, medical malpractice, workplace injuries, abuse, neglect, and animal attacks.

Another way to look at it is wrongful death typically occurs due to a person or company’s careless or reckless decisions. Example scenarios could include:

  • Adrunk driver can cause a deadly car wreck
  • A physician can perform an unnecessary surgery and hit a vital organ
  • A medical company can sell a faulty medical device

Wrongful death is a deva sting result of poor decision-making. Our attorneys will help you take the next step forward when decision-making is overwhelming.

How Do You File a Wrongful Death Suit?

Losing a loved one is a complex and emotional experience.

If you lost a loved one due to an unfortunate accident or injury, you might want to consider filing a wrongful death lawsuit. The statute of limitations in Wilmington, DE, is two years. A case must be filed within this period two years from your loved one’s death date.

An attorney needs four key elements to prove wrongful death: negligence, breach of duty, causation, and damages. An attorney will build a case using these critical attributes to show that your loved one was killed due to negligence.

We can evaluate your wrongful death case and provide our legal recommendations on whether you have a viable claim and potential for compensation.

What is the Purpose of a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?

As wrongful death is typically preventable and caused by careless or reckless decisions, the unexpectedness of it often leaves spouses, children, and other family members in a challenging financial and emotional position.

Every person’s life has value, and the purpose of a wrongful death lawsuit is to hold a person or company accountable for their actions and also to seek compensation to cover unexpected expenses, including funeral arrangements, medical bills, future lost wages, and companionship, and more.

A wrongful death lawsuit isn’t about revenge, and itâ’s often more about survival for the individuals left behind. For many families, it’s necessary.

How Can an Attorney Help Me?

When you are dealing with the harsh, unexpected consequences of your loved one’s death, we can help.

Whether it was a car accident, medical malpractice lawsuit, or a slip and fall accident at work that killed your loved one, we will help you pursue wrongful death damages so that you have the means to take care of yourself and your family.

We can help you recover losses from expected income to burial costs to loss of care and companionship to loss of consortium. Damages might include economic damages, as well as non-economic damages due to pain and suffering.

You aren’t alone during this challenging time. Contact our attorneys to see what legal options might be available to you: (302) 428-8800.