Wrongful death attorney - if you need professional legal representation

If you have a loved one who was killed on account of the actions of another person, you need to immediately contact a wrongful death attorney to protect your rights. The insurance company is going to hire an adjuster to minimize their liability. You need this specialized type of personal injury attorney to help you gather and preserve evidence as well as recover all type of damages that you have coming. 

Most importantly, a wrongful death attorney knows the law and can keep you from missing important deadlines that could bar your right to recover. With your family's future on the line, don't you think you need to take five minutes to read this short article?

Beware Of Unfair Insurance Tactics

Most people fail to realize that the insurance adjuster works for the insurance company. It is his job to convince you to settle your claim for as little as possible. As a result, many adjusters use various tactics to minimize damages and delay settlement of the claim until the last possible moment. This is because insurance adjusters know, that over time, key evidence can be lost and important deadlines may pass without you taking the necessary action to preserve your claim for compensation. 

Even while the insurance company is working to delay your claim, they are diligently working to preserve evidence that favors their version of events. So, you can see that legal counsel can help you preserve key evidence and present your claim in a timely fashion.

Protect And Preserve Key Evidence

After a loved one is killed, the average victim is more worried about burying their loved one and caring for their grieving family than preserving evidence in a wrongful death claim. But, you can bet that while you are at the funeral home, the responsible party and his insurance company are busy gathering and preserving evidence to mount an aggressive defense against you. 

You need to engage a an attorney soon after the accident so that you can gather and preserve the evidence that supports your claims for damages. But, you also need to know and understand all of the types of compensatory and exemplary damages that are available to you in order to understand the types and quantity of evidence that you need to preserve. However, you can gather all of the evidence available and it will do you no good unless you file your claim within the appropriate time period.

Avoid Missing Important Deadlines

The statute of limitations for a wrongful death claim is typically two (2) years. However, in some states the statute of limitations can be as short as one year. 

Only a qualified personal injury lawyer (specializing in death claims) is going to be able to tell you how long you have to file your claim. Insurance companies will often use delay tactics hoping that, because of your ignorance of the law, you will miss the statute of limitations. 

You Should Not Represent Yourself In A Death Claim

Now do you understand why I am so adamant that you find a lawyer to handle your claim? Most people are ignorant of the complicated factors involved in litigating a death action.  You need to be wary of unscrupulous insurance adjusters who use various tactics to minimize or eliminate their liability. 

Instead, find a lawyer who will gather and preserve the evidence necessary to recover all of the damages that you have coming to you. The time is now to find a wrongful death attorney before the statute of limitations runs and your claim is barred forever. So, now that you understand the importance of hiring a wrongful death attorney, you can see that you have to take decisive action now to protect your rights and the rights of your family.

Douglas E. Manning, Esq. is an attorney and author who writes on the topic of wrongful death. Manning advises his reader to engage the services of a competent wrongful death attorney to protect and preserve their rights after the loss of a loved one. A wrongful death lawyer will fight to protect your rights and those of your family.