We want to stand beside parents and families who have lost a young life due to someone’s carelessness. We take special care to make sure families receive justice and financial support for the years ahead.
Our Bakersfield Wrongful Death Lawyers offer an absolutely free case consultation that’s completely confidential. There’s no obligation for this meeting with a real Bakersfield attorney. It’s an easy way for parents to understand their rights and how to hold an at-fault party and their insurer fully responsible.
When to Allow a Lawyer to Handle Your Wrongful Death Case
Generally, lower-value cases like a fender bender car accident or a minor slip-and-fall case don’t require the help of a lawyer. But any case that involves a serious injury or a tragic fatality will cost victims and families much more. That increased value makes insurance companies work even harder to deny claims or to withhold full support from families.
They can put their profits over the pain and emotional devastation that the loss of a young life can cause. If an at-fault party is a business, corporate lawyers may also be called in and be asked to poke holes in the family’s right to support. This is when a family should have a skilled attorney on their side.
These are a few of the signs your family could benefit from the help of a wrongful death lawyer:
- When you must seek support from an unhelpful insurance company
- When a business or government entity involves its own lawyers in your case
- What an at-fault party denies blame and tries to blame your child or you for an accident
- When you feel an insurer isn’t paying enough in support after a tragedy
- When an insurer’s settlement offer won’t cover all of your family’s financial damages after a fatal accident
- When an insurer doesn’t offer support for the emotional trauma that’s been caused for you and other family members
Families are allowed to file their own wrongful death claims. After going over their case with us, we can point them in the right direction if they want to proceed on their own.
But grieving families should seriously consider the protection of a lawyer in these complex cases. A lawyer fully investigates an accident and is ready with evidence if an insurer tries to blame someone else for a terrible accident.
We handle the frustrating wrongful death claims process while causing as little disruption to parents in mourning as possible. We also often earn families much more in support than they would usually be able to secure by taking on insurance companies themselves.
Parents Can Take Advantage of a Free Case Consultation
Grieving parents may still wonder if they have a case or not, and if legal action is worth it. We understand that there will be many questions at such a difficult time. It’s why we offer a free case review to parents or any family member facing such a hard decision.
Maison Law Accident & Injury Lawyers of Bakersfield can help answer all questions and help parents decide if an at-fault party should be supporting the family.
If families decide that a lawyer can help earn them more, they will never have to worry about how they’ll pay our law firm. We only get paid if we are successful in earning the family support. Then, our fee is paid out of the settlement check that an insurance company is forced to write.
What Parents Must Demand in Support After the Death of a Child
Nothing can bring back a precious life, but those who cause deadly accidents must be held financially responsible for the devastation they cause.
In a deadly personal injury accident, this might involve holding a careless driver on Highway 99 fully liable for a tragic collision. It might involve a business or a landlord failing to repair a hazard in a store or in an apartment complex that causes a terrible accident. A wrongful death claim may have to be directed at the City of Bakersfield for a drowning caused by unsafe conditions at a public pool or at a school.
These parties and others can be held accountable for every hardship families are put through now and in the future.
A skilled and experienced lawyer would demand that these and other damages receive 100% coverage:
- Burial and funeral costs
- Support for the loss of income while parents miss work to care for an injured child or to handle arrangements for a child lost to an accident
- Support for medical costs such as ambulance fees and hospital bills before a victim passed on
- Support to help families cope with the emotional trauma caused by the loss of a beloved family member
- Support for companionship lost in the future
The loss of companionship involves the parents who are robbed of love and care from a child in the years ahead. Emotional trauma can also involve the loss of important moments in the future that victims can no longer be a part of. This can include birthdays and holidays, weddings, and the birth of grandchildren.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does my family have to file a wrongful death claim over a child’s death?
California would normally give families up to two years to file a wrongful death claim after someone’s negligence caused a child’s death. But waiting isn’t advised for families. Any delay can mean that valuable evidence and witnesses become harder to find. Security footage might be erased. Any evidence can help if an insurer attempts to deny liability for a tragic death or tries to get families to accept less.
Can I Sue the City of Bakersfield After a Child’s Death?
Yes, you can hold the City of Bakersfield for any hazard that claims a child’s life at a public place, like a park, a school, or a city pool. Beware, because filing a claim against the city can be much more challenging than a normal wrongful death case. Government entities enjoy special protections against litigation. That includes a shorter statute of limitations, which may be as short as six months. Victimized families are also forced to seek permission from the city to file a claim. The city can simply deny parents’ rights to seek justice. The city will also have government lawyers ready to come to the city’s defense.
What type of documents should I bring when I meet with a Bakersfield wrongful death attorney?
A lawyer will help parents collect important documents and evidence after being alerted to a deadly accident. However, parents should turn over the important information they’ve already collected to any lawyer they hire. This could include a copy of a death certificate and autopsy reports. It would include any medical bills the victim had built up before passing on. Invoices for funeral bills should be provided. Any insurance policies covering the child should be provided in copies. Any photos showing the vehicle that caused a deadly accident or a hazard on a property that was involved should be given to the lawyer.
Contact a Child Wrongful Death Lawyer in Bakersfield
If you have lost a family member to a tragic and preventable accident, and someone else is to blame, contact us to schedule a free consultation. It’s a confidential, no-obligation review of your case with a real, local attorney.
We never want to see families forced to agonize over financial issues. Let us hold those at fault fully liable, so that you and your loved ones can properly grieve without distraction from much less important factors.
Remember, families in mourning don’t need to have any money to pay a lawyer to secure powerful legal representation. Maison Law Accident & Injury Lawyers of Bakersfield works on a contingency basis for families dealing with a tragedy. You don’t pay anything unless we win your case for your family. Then, our attorney’s fee comes out of the settlement check that an insurer must write for you.