Money will never bring back a loved one. Never. But you don’t have to be without somethings that would have naturally flowed from their life. One such item is their lifetime’s worth of earnings from the job or employment. That means that each year they would have earned that money, you may be able to recover. Further, all of the natural expenses of life such as rent/mortgage, gas money, food money, health insurance, family, vacation, tools, junk, gadgets, or whatever someone would spend their money on is not subtracted from the amount of recovery.
Losing a loved one is always difficult, especially when the circumstances might have been prevented. If you’ve lost a loved one due to someone else’s negligence because a car accident, medical mistake, or defective product injury you may need a Metro Atlanta Wrongful Death Lawyer. By pursuing legal action, you can see that those responsible are held accountable for their negligence. Contact your Georgia Personal Injury Lawyer.
If a loved one is need of an Atlanta wrongful death attorney, contact us at 770-775-0938 to set up a confidential consultation. These cases are emotionally and legally complex, so engage a wrongful death lawyer with empathy and skills.
We represent clients in Atlanta, Decatur, Marietta, Stockbridge, Conyers, Covington, Monticello, Jackson, Griffin, McDonough, Macon and throughout Georgia.
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What can you recover from the death of a family member?
The Georgia Wrongful Death Act allow you to recover the money they would have earned without taking out the money they would have spent. An example of money they would have earned would be salary over the course of their estimated working life. An example of the money not deducted would be rent or food expenses.
(1) ”Full value of the life of the decedent, as shown by the evidence” means the full value of the life of the decedent without deducting for any of the necessary or personal expenses of the decedent had he lived.
Who can bring an action for the killing of a family member?
§ 51-4-2. Persons entitled to bring action for the death of spouse or parent; survival of action; release of wrongdoer; disposition of recovery; exemption of recovery from liability for decedent’s debts; recovery not barred by child’s being born out of wedlock
(a) The surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, a child or children may recover for the homicide of the spouse or parent the full value of the life of the decedent.
(b) (1) If an action is brought by a surviving spouse and the surviving spouse dies pending the action, the action shall survive to the child or children of the decedent.
(2) If an action is brought by a child and the child dies pending the action, the action shall survive to the surviving child or children.
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All lawyers are not the same. Some are general practitioners. That means they handle all types of cases. I used to be one as well. Everyday or every minute something new was happening. I was always one step ahead, but only one. The next day would contain new issues and problems to tackle. It was interesting, don’t get me wrong. But once you focus like a laser on something, you quickly realize all the new and exciting issues that were once undetected. The small similarities between issues, the subtlety of complex issues that were never noticed become the elephant in the room. So, as I started to only handle personal injury cases, I realized there is a game behind the game. There is inside baseball going on. So, the purpose of that was to encourage you to talk to someone who handles personal injury cases and has handled a wrongful death case, as well.
Contact your Atlanta & Decatur Wrongful Death Lawyer today. Also representing Buckhead, Dunwoody, Alpharetta, Stone Mountain, Decatur, Atlanta, Morrow, Riverdale, Conyers, Covington, Monticello, Jackson, Macon and more.
