THE WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT: A Primer by Attorney Charles Jerome Ware

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The typical wrongful death lawsuit alleges that the victim (the deceased) was killed as a result of negligence (or some other type of unjust and unlawful action) on the part of the person or entity being sued, and that the victim's (the deceased's) survivors are entitled to monetary damages as a result of the improper and unlawful conduct.

Money is the key goal in a wrongful death lawsuit.

While state "wrongful death" laws and statutes are generally enacted independently of each other and are frequently uniquely drafted, they all generally follow the same or very similar principles and elements.

A typical successful wrongful death claim generally contains four (4) elements:

(1) The death of a person (victim) which was caused, in whole or in part, by the conduct of the defendant;

(2) The defendant was negligent in the death of the person (victim) or strictly liable for the victim's death;

(3) There is a surviving spouse, children, dependents, or beneficiaries of the deceased victim; and

(4) Monetary damages have resulted from the victim's wrongful death.

The reader is encouraged to contact and consult with a wrongful death attorney if he or she believes they have a valid claim for the wrongful death of a family member, etc. Contact us for a free evaluation of your wrongful death claim.

[see, accident-law.freeadvice.com/wrongfuldeathclaims; www.bankrate.com/Taxes on a wrongful death settlement; www.lawyersandsettlements.com/Wrongfuldeath]

Some recent wrongful death settlements follow:

(1) A family in Charlotte County, Florida, in August 2012, received $770,000 in the wrongful death of a woman [www.msnbc.msn.com/"Family to receive $770k in wrongful death settlement"/ 08-22-2012;

(2) The family of an F-22 raptor pilot killed in a crash has reached a multi-million dollar settlement with the contractors who made the fighter jet's life support system [wtkr.com/2012-08-14/"Settlement reached in F-22 Pilot Wrongful Death Lawsuit"]

(3) The parents of a young paramedic trainee in Prince George's County, Maryland were awarded a settlement of over $1,000,000 in the wrongful death of their son in a road-rage incident [Wrongful Death Attorneys: Charles Jerome Ware, P.A., Columbia, Maryland];

(4) Two children of a man who lost his life due to a workplace accident settle for $1.6 million for wrongful death [www.lawyersandsettlements.com/wrongfuldeath]; and

(5) The three minor children of a young woman who was negligently shot to death by a police SWAT team in Anne Arundel County, Maryland while she was babysitting were awarded a multi-million dollar settlement for wrongful death [Wrongful Death Attorneys: Charles Jerome Ware, P.A., Columbia, Maryland].