A loved one’s wrongful death can knock your world off of its axis. While California’s civil courts fight to give you the right to recover, it can be challenging to overcome your losses when you’re contending with your grief. How can you balance your right to privacy with your right to action? When in doubt, you can connect with a wrongful death attorney in Beverly Hills.
Omega Law Group wants to help families like yours successfully navigate the civil system while preserving their right to grieve. Partnering with our Beverly Hills personal injury lawyers allows you to delegate responsibility for your upcoming case to a team with a history of success in civil court. You can book a free case evaluation with our team to learn more.
Why Should You File a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
You may not feel like you’re in the right mindset to take legal action against the party responsible for your loved one’s passing. Why, though, is it advantageous for you to file a personal injury claim against the party responsible for your loved one’s death?
Personal injury claims can help you reclaim the financial assistance you may have lost in the wake of a loved one’s passing. If you can hold a liable party accountable for their deadly negligence, you can more readily pay your bills and focus on celebrating a loved one’s life.
Moreover, a wrongful death claim prevents a liable party from misconstruing the nature of your loved one’s accident. If you don’t take action after a negligence-based accident, the party liable for your loved one’s passing may successfully minimize the consequences they face for their misconduct.
You can collaborate with a Beverly Hills wrongful death attorney to discuss the benefits of a wrongful death lawsuit before you commit to legal action. Your initial case evaluation does not obligate you to take further action against a liable party.
When Should You File a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
It’s in your best interest to connect with a Beverly Hills wrongful death lawyer within a few weeks of a loved one’s passing. Why? Because you’re working against a tight statute of limitations in California. The state gives you two years and no longer to bring evidence of misconduct forward in its civil court system.
Connecting with an attorney to file a wrongful death claim also lets you gain access to case-related evidence that might disappear over time. Neither the liable party nor insurance companies tied to your case want to financially support your recovery. The sooner you connect with an attorney to file a claim, the easier it can be to protect essential evidence.
That said, you have the full two years allotted to you by California’s personal injury statute of limitations to bring information about your case forward. You can take time to circle the wagons with family and grieve before you contact a lawyer.
Who Can File a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
You can connect with a wrongful death lawyer in Beverly Hills within hours of a loved one’s passing if you want to bring a lawsuit against a liable party. However, our attorneys must determine whether or not you have the legal right to initiate a case on a loved one’s behalf before moving your case forward.
California allows a variety of people to act on behalf of the deceased, starting with the following:
- The deceased’s spouse or domestic partner
- The deceased’s children
- The deceased’s grandchildren
Parties financially dependent on the deceased, including a putative spouse, step-children, parents, or legal guardians, may also explore the right to file a wrongful death claim in court.
The state also allows anyone who would otherwise receive property under intestate succession to file a claim, but only if none of the aforementioned parties are available to take action.
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What Evidence do You Need to Move a Wrongful Death Case Forward?
The standard of proof you and your attorney need to meet to move a personal injury case forward is less stark than the standard needed to kickstart a criminal case. Instead of proving negligence “beyond a reasonable doubt,” you can prove negligence by “a preponderance of evidence.”
This means that you must bring forward enough evidence to indicate that:
- A named party owed your loved one a duty of care
- The named party engaged in avoidable negligence
- That negligence caused your loved one to suffer a deadly accident
- You and your family have suffered economically due to a loved one’s passing
Our team can step up and investigate your loved one’s passing on your behalf so you don’t have to retraumatize yourself to get justice.
What Damages Can You Recover from a Beverly Hills Wrongful Death Case?
The damages you can recover when pursuing a wrongful death case can help you cover the following expenses:
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Mental anguish
- Funeral expenses
- A loved one’s pre- and post-mortem medical care
- Property damage and restoration
- Financial support lost due to a loved one’s passing
- Reduced quality of life
You can work with our team to assign dollar values to all of these losses, even if they don’t produce a traditional invoice or bill.
Did your loved one pass due to negligence of someone else?
Our wrongful death lawyers in Beverly Hills are here to help.
(310) 526-8383
Contact Omega Law Group for Support Today
The untimely loss of a loved one can destabilize your life in ways you couldn’t have previously imagined. You deserve time and space to remember the positive impact your loved one had on your life. At the same time, the wrongful death attorneys in Beverly Hills want to ensure that you take advantage of the right to action afforded to you by California’s civil courts.
Omega Law Group stands ready to step in and oversee the creation of your wrongful death claim. You can confidently delegate responsibility for your case to a compassionate attorney without sacrificing your right to mourn. Are you ready to learn more? You can contact us today to schedule your FREE case evaluation.
