Wrongful Death Attorney Helps Wayne County Accident Victims’ Families

It can seem callous, cruel, and artificial to put a value on someone's life, but that is not what you need help from a lawyer to do. We know that every life in Wayne County is priceless. A wrongful death claim requires estimating the costs and harm you have endured because of that loss because that is what the law allows you to demand in compensation. There are several components to this process, and insurance companies will consistently try to undervalue or dismiss as much as they can, which is why working with a lawyer is so crucial.

● Wrongful Death Direct Costs

These are the most obvious and easiest to calculate losses. The bills that are arriving and the receipts for what you have had to pay. These might be funeral costs, but they might also be hospital bills, sometimes for extended periods of care.

As long as those expenses were caused by the injury or illness that someone’s negligence caused that killed your loved one, it is fair to request that those who did so pay for these costs.

Compensation for these costs can take a lot of pressure and stress off of any family, but it is not, by any means, the full extent of your loss. So don’t let any insurance company claim otherwise.

● The Indirect Costs Of A Wrongful Death

If the direct costs are what you have had to pay, indirect costs are more about what you will no longer be receiving. Families will keenly feel the lack of income from a working parent, and the money they would have been earning is a loss for which you can demand compensation.

These damages are not limited to income either. If the person you lost helped out around the house and took care of the kids or the yard, those are valuable services that have been taken from your household. These, too, deserve compensation, and a personal injury lawyer will make sure they are included.

A wrongful death lawyer will even have contacts with financial and economic experts in Wayne County or from further still afield, who can estimate the future value of all these losses; after all, if you lose your husband at the peak of his career, with 20 years of work left before retirement, those 20 years of income were also taken from your family, and need to be compensated.

● The Emotional Burden Is Real Too

So far, we have talked about financial costs and estimates. This might seem cold to a family struggling with grief, but the law recognizes that grief and other forms of emotional pain and suffering are among the losses you ought to be compensated for.

Whether these effects take the form of pain, a loss in the quality of your life, or even the loneliness and yearning left behind in the absence of a spouse or partner from your bed. All of these costs, sometimes called general costs because they cannot be measured as easily, are to be reimbursed in a successful wrongful death claim.

Since these are so hard to measure, you will need a skilled wrongful death attorney to ensure you get what you are owed.

Call A Wayne County Wrongful Death Attorney Near You

Michigan Advocacy Center, PLLC | Helping Wayne County families obtain justice and compensation after the loss of a loved one.

When you are dealing with the loss of a loved one, you should not have to struggle with insurance companies and bureaucratic claims on top of everything else. By working with our wrongful death claim attorneys, you will have the chance to focus on your grief while we ensure that justice and financial compensation are pursued.

Call (248) 266-7600 now to set up a free consultation if you have lost a loved one in or near Wayne County. We will find out together if you have grounds for a claim and never charge you anything upfront or out of pocket to represent you. We know the burden you are under and are here to help lighten it as best we can.