5 Most Common Types of Wrongful Death Cases

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5 Most Common Types of Wrongful Death Cases
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A wrongful death is always an unexpected occurrence. It is also a highly disruptive occurrence for the survivors of the person who passed away. Not only will they have to deal with the emotional fallout of a loved one's passing, they will also have to bear the financial brunt of that loss as well. There may not be much anyone can do to ease the emotional pain of a loved one's passing but the financial loss can be lifted with a wrongful death suit.

A wrongful death suit can take care of any expenses caused by the unexpected death of a loved one such as funeral expenses or the loss of support that they would have provided. A personal injury attorney can help since wrongful death is directly related to personal injury law. If you need more information, then you can learn more here about wrongful death.

The Types of Wrongful Death Cases

Wrongful death is directly related to personal injury because it is essentially a personal injury case where the victim ends up dying. That means the common types of wrongful death cases are also common personal injury cases as well.

1. Car Accidents

Car accidents happen frequently every day in America but thankfully new laws and advanced safety features in vehicles have made them less dangerous than before. However, many fatalities still occur since there is only so much that safe driving laws and advanced safety features can do. There are many different types of car accidents caused by different kinds of negligent behaviour such as speeding, driving while intoxicated, or distracted driving.

Those kinds of behaviours can lead to all sorts of accidents but the most fatal ones tend to be head-on collisions and T-bone collisions. Rear end collisions are less fatal but they can be dangerous nonetheless. The higher the speed at which a vehicle is traveling, the greater the chance of a fatality occurring if it crashes. A big size disparity between the two vehicles is also a big factor, which is why collisions between trucks and cars are so dangerous.

2. Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice is one of the most common kinds of personal injury and it happens when a medical professional makes a misdiagnosis, provides the wrong kind of treatment, makes a surgical error, or fails to follow up on a patient after they have been treated. Since medical care is often so sensitive, medical malpractice can have serious consequences that can lead to the death of a patient.

3. Defective Products

In most cases when a product is defective, you can just return it for a refund or a replacement. However, there are cases where a product ends up injuring the person who uses it and in some of those cases that person ends up dying. The kinds of product defects that can lead to death include: 

  • Tainted food products that can lead to the consumer getting poisoned.

  • Vehicles that have a defect that could cause them to lose control and crash.

  • Tainted pharmaceutical products that could cause an adverse reaction in anyone who uses them.

  • Children's products that could end up causing harm.

4. Workplace Accidents

Even though many workplaces do their best to ensure the safety of their employees, there are some kinds of jobs where there will always be some degree of danger, such as construction work or mining. Construction accidents can be dangerous and sometimes fatal since a worker could fall from a great height or have something heavy fall on top of them, either of which could cause fatal injuries. Not all workplace injuries are external, if a job entails the worker breathing in toxic substances, then respiratory problems or even cancer could lead to the death of the employee.

5. Premises Liability

When someone suffers an injury on someone else's property due to the negligence of the property owner or manager, then that is a premises liability accident. In most cases, they are relatively minor accidents like a slip and fall, but even a seemingly innocuous accident can lead to a fatality. A person could hit their head and suffer a traumatic brain injury in a slip and fall. The same kind of injury could potentially happen if an unsecured heavy object fell on to someone. 

Contact a Personal Injury If You Have Experienced a Wrongful Death in The Family

There are many different ways that a wrongful death can occur, but no matter the cause, you should seek out a personal injury after one has occurred. It may not seem like the most important thing to do at the time, but an attorney can help to make sure that you are financially secure in the wake of the tragic passing of a loved one.

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