Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm

The requirements of a claim for wrongful death are identical to those required for a personal injury claim with the additional requirement that the defendant’s negligence was a proximate cause of the death. Once the essential elements are met, the available damages for a wrongful death claim are the same as personal injury for the time the individual survived the injury until the time of death with the additional damages of funeral expenses and present worth of estate . Additionally, the consortium claims are much greater when there is a wrongful death than when there is a surviving injury.

If someone you care about has been taken from you by someone else's acts, please contact us so that we may help. The sudden death of a loved one often leaves us empty and in shock. The grieving, anger, loss and inevitable acceptance of their departure may be the process, and many people will remind you that it is, but it doesn't change the facts, nor ease the pain. Unfortunately, neither will a lawsuit for the wrongful death act; lawsuits aren't intended as revenge; rather, they are a means of compensating for the future to assist one monetarily by filling an income void and for the loss of the companionship. We financially plan for weddings and graduations, we emotionally plan for natural deaths, but we don't plan for sudden deaths in accidents. When someone makes that choice for us, the law holds them accountable to us, and their insurance compensates us. You'll find that the wrongful death attorneys at Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm are tough-minded trial lawyers, determined to obtain the best possible solution for you, while also compassionate caring and energetic people worthy of your trust.

Please let us help you.
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