Palm Bay Wrongful Death Lawyer

At the Law Offices of Anidjar & Levine, we understand the challenges families face after the sudden death of a loved one. What can add to their sorrow is knowing that someone else’s negligence or recklessness caused their loved one’s untimely death.

Whether your loved one died due to a car wreck, a construction accident, medical malpractice, a dog bite, or another wrongful action, you may be eligible to file a wrongful death claim. A wrongful death lawyer in Palm Bay, FL can help you pursue compensation for the emotional and financial losses from your family member’s death.  To find out more, call 1-800-747-3733 to schedule a free consultation.

Investigating Your Loved One’s Death

We will investigate the circumstances of your loved one’s death to prove negligence and build a robust wrongful death claim.

Doing so often requires us to secure evidence from different sources. For example, if a drunk driver hit your loved one’s car, we would collect information that may include:

• An accident report
• The driver’s blood alcohol content at the time of the crash
• The driver’s past driving violations
• Eyewitness statements
• Photographs of the accident scene
• Your loved one’s medical records that show the nature and severity of your loved one’s injuries

By using this and other evidence, we can show how the impaired driver’s negligent behavior caused the accident that led to your loved one’s death.

The type of evidence we secure will differ based on the circumstances of your loved one’s death.

Using Expert Witnesses and Specialists to Bolster Your Case

Depending on the circumstances of your family member’s death, we may use the services of expert witnesses and specialists.

For instance, if the other party claims they did not cause the accident that killed your loved one, we may ask a specialist to reconstruct the crash to show how the accident happened and to prove fault. We may also have a medical expert witness testify about the injuries that led to your loved one’s death.

Other Parties May Be Liable for Your Loved One’s Death

Our thorough investigation may show that another party’s negligence contributed to your family member’s death. For example, if your loved one died in a construction accident, we may secure documents showing that another construction company onsite violated state or federal safety regulations and created a deadly hazard.

Employer Liability

In some cases, we may be able to hold an employer liable for their employee’s actions, such as in a truck accident case.

Proving Negligence in Your Wrongful Death Claim

To recover compensation in a wrongful death claim, we must successfully prove four elements of negligence. We collect substantial evidence during our investigation so that we can establish the following:

• Duty of Care: The defendant owed your loved one a duty of care.
• Breach of Duty: The defendant breached this duty.
• Causation: The defendant’s wrongful actions caused your loved one’s death.
• Damages: You and your loved one suffered damages (e.g., medical expenses, lost wages, funeral expenses, and pain and suffering before death, etc.)

Damages You May Recover in Your Wrongful Death Claim

Our Palm Bay injury lawyer can help you estimate the value of the damages that you suffered due to your loved one’s death. Per Florida Statute § 768.21, all survivors are eligible to recover damages for the value of their loved one’s lost support and services, and for mental pain and suffering.

The statute also allows survivors to recover damages based on their relationship to the deceased. For instance:

• A surviving spouse may recover damages for loss of companionship and protection.
• Surviving minor children can recover damages for lost parental companionship, instruction, and guidance.
• Surviving parents of a minor child can recover damages for mental pain and suffering from the date of injury. Surviving parents of an adult child may recover for mental pain and suffering if there are no other survivors.
• Family members who paid for their loved one’s medical or funeral expenses may be eligible to receive reimbursement for these expenses.

A wrongful death attorney in Palm Bay, FL can estimate the damages you and other family members may be entitled to receive.

Negotiating a Wrongful Death Settlement with an Insurance Company

We want you to focus on grieving and spending time with your family, not on communicating and negotiating with insurers. We can file and negotiate the wrongful death claim on your behalf.

Insurers typically offer low settlements to save money, but we will fight to persuade the insurer to offer the compensation you deserve.

If the insurance company refuses to negotiate fairly, our injury lawyers may file a wrongful death lawsuit to recover the compensation you and your family deserve.

Although no amount of money can replace your loved one, we want to obtain a fair award for you and your family.

You Have a Limited Time to Recover Compensation — Do Not Delay

Under Florida’s Statute of Limitations, you have two years from the date of your loved one’s death to file a wrongful death lawsuit. So, contact us today to avoid losing your opportunity to seek justice for your loved one’s death.

Schedule a Free Consultation Today

At the Law Offices of Anidjar & Levine, our Palm Bay wrongful death attorneys have years of experience helping families in their time of grief, and we can help you, too.

We work on contingency which means you do not pay us unless we recover compensation in your case. Call us today at 1-800-747-3733 for a free consultation.