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Damages You Can Claim After Losing a Loved One


Making a wrongful death claim in Texas is your legal right to recover the full and fair monetary compensation that you deserve if someone you love has been killed due to someone else's negligent actions. In Grapevine, one of the most common causes of wrongful death is a fatal traffic wreck, but all sorts of different accidents or situations could result in a wrongful death; being prescribed medication later determined to be dangers or being hit by falling merchandise at a hardware store, for example.

Texas law gives the spouse, parents and children of the deceased person the right to seek three types of compensation in a wrongful death case:

Economic Damages

This covers the obvious financial costs due to losing a loved one. It includes any medical costs they incurred before passing, the cost of the funeral, loss of income they contributed to the household, loss of benefits (e.g. pension, health insurance), etc.

Simply reviewing all these different ways in which the deceased individual contributed to your family demonstrates the importance of bringing a wrongful death claim against those responsible for their death. Failure to do so could result in dire economic consequences for your family's future.

Non-Economic Damages

Non-economic damages include things like mental anguish suffered by the deceased's survivors as a result of seeing their loved one go through the pain and suffering after the accident as well as their untimely death. It also includes other intangible ways the deceased impacted the survivor's lives. This might include loss of parental guidance, loss of care, loss of advice, loss of companionship and loss of consortium to name but a few.

Punitive Damages

Punitive damages are an additional element of the financial damages which might be sought by an attorney in a Texas wrongful death case. Punitive damages are designed to financially punish the at-fault person or business in cases where gross negligence has occurred.

Hopefully this information has given you a brief overview of your legal rights and responsibilities as a survivor of someone who has been killed in an accident caused by someone else's negligence. I highly recommend that you arrange to seek personal advice from a wrongful death lawyer of your choosing so that you can be fully aware of the law as it applies to your unique situation.

To arrange a completely free, no obligation consultation with a board certified wrongful death trial attorney, please call me toll free at 800-354-6275 or locally at 817-294-1900.


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The Anderson Law Firm offers free no obligation consultations to people injured in accidents or who have suffered physical harm as a result of someone else's actions. We do not charge you to initially discuss your situation and establish whether you have a claim to pursue. You can call us and discuss your case over the phone, we can set up an appointment for you to come into our office, or we can visit you in your home anywhere in the metroplex.

If after meeting with us you decide that we are the best personal injury lawyer for you, then we will enter into a contingent fee agreement. This means that we only get paid when we win a settlement or jury verdict in your favor. You don't pay us anything up front. We will cover all expenses spent working on your case. Only when we win for you will you need to pay us. If we don't win, then you owe us nothing.

Contact us online now or call us 24 hours a day toll free on 1-800-354-MARK (1-800-345-6-275). You can also call us locally in Fort Worth on 817-294-1900 or in Dallas on 214-327-8000.


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