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Losing a parent, spouse, or child is never easy. These are once-in-a-lifetime losses that can forever change the course of your life. It’s painful, no matter how you lost them, and the effects can last for decades.
Losing a close family member is especially painful when someone else is responsible for that death. The loss, the injustice, the hardship, and the uncertainty can make a bad situation infinitely worse.
Thompson Law Group can’t relieve you of all of your pain, but we’re committed to helping you seek justice for the loss of your loved one.
If you have lost a loved one, a wrongful death lawsuit won’t bring them back to you. But it may help you find justice and security in the wake of your loss.
If you need an accidental death lawyer in Houston, TX, contact the offices of Thompson Law Group to schedule a free consultation to discuss your case and to learn if we can help.
If an individual is killed because of someone else’s negligence, Texas state law allows that person’s parents, spouse, or children to file a personal injury suit seeking damages for that loss–a wrongful death lawsuit.
To understand a wrongful death lawsuit, it’s important to understand how courts define “negligence.”
In order for a person or entity to be held liable, they must first owe the victim a “duty of care.” A truck driver, for instance, owes the drivers around them a duty of care to adhere to traffic and safety laws.
If an individual violates that duty of care, they may be held liable. For example, if a truck driver speeds through a red light and hits another car, they violate their duty of care.
Additionally, lawyers for wrongful death must also prove that this violation directly caused the death of an individual.
A successful wrongful death lawsuit will prove both of these things, allowing the individual to seek damages for both violations.
A wrongful death lawsuit seeks to redress the wrongs of an untimely death. Damages can include the following.
Surviving family members are often saddled with expensive medical bills and associated funeral costs. These can feel especially onerous given the situation leading up to their loved one’s death.
Should your case merit damages for medical & funeral expenses, Thompson Law Group will seek to recover them and reduce your financial burden.
Losing a spouse or a parent is about more than losing a close relative. Surviving families also face uncertain economic futures, often with 1 or no sources of income at the time.
Thompson Law Group will pursue damages for lost wages now and in the future. Of all the damages possible, this one is often the most relieving for our clients. It removed a burden to have a more certain future.
Spouses, children, and parents provide advice, comfort, care, services around the home, and more. The sudden loss of this support can have dire ramifications on a person’s life.
If warranted, Thompson Law Group will pursue non-economic damages such as the loss of service and support.
Watching your loved one suffer can devastate a person. Texas courts allow surviving family members to pursue damages for the pain and suffering their loved ones experienced prior to their death.
Thompson Law Group pursues every avenue to recover damages in a wrongful death case. If these damages are appropriate for your case, we’ll seek to recover them.
Losing a loved one leaves an empty space in your life. Once, you had the compassion, care, and love of your family member. That was taken from you.
“Loss of consortium” tries to quantify that loss. Thompson Law Group pursues recovery for loss of consortium, should that be prudent in your specific case.
The State of Texas allows for wrongful death lawsuits to recover damages for lost inheritance, should there be a reasonable chance that said inheritance would otherwise exist had the victim died of natural causes.
If appropriate, Thompson Law Group will pursue to recover damages related to loss of future inheritance.
Thompson Law Group wants to help you seek justice for the loss of your loved one, and we’re prepared to help you through this process.
Contact our offices today to schedule a free consultation to discuss your wrongful death suit.