Wrongful Death Cases In Illinois

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This area of law (“Wrongful Death”) is specifically designed to provide compensatory damages to a limited number of individuals when someone dies as a result of someone else’s negligence, neglect, abuse and/or willful and wanton act(s). The Illinois Statute (740 ILCS 180/1 et seq. as amended), which enables this limited number of individuals to receive compensation for the death of another, is highly technical in nature.

An experienced wrongful death lawyer can properly evaluate your lawsuit’s full details to see if there is a Wrongful Death cause of action. We serve clients from a diverse range of areas in southern Cook County, such as Orland Park, Chicago Heights, Tinley Park, Matteson, Park Forest and Frankfort.

Generally, those individuals that may be entitled to compensation from a Wrongful Death claim are the surviving spouse and children, but sometimes this entitlement includes other relatives such as parents and/or siblings of the deceased. Oddly enough, the triggering event of “death” of the deceased cuts across all lines of the personal injury spectrum.

By that, I mean that the death of the deceased could be the result of negligence stemming from vehicular accidents to medical malpractice to construction accidents to neglect and/or abuse by a nursing home and so on and so on. The key focus being on the fact that when the decedent died, others may have been receiving and/or entitled to receive monetary support from the decedent (thus were “dependent upon”) and can no longer receive this support from the decedent.

Reading the explanations (above) of the many ways in which a “death” originating in one area of the personal injury field, yet becoming a Wrongful Death” case may make this area of law seem somewhat simplistic in nature, but this area of law actually is very technical and narrowly defined. For that reason, rather than attempt to go into any lengthy explanation beyond it, we suggest you simply focus on whether or not you have suffered a loss of a loved one due to the negligence or other fault(s) of some individual, corporation or municipality.

Oftentimes, many people never file a lawsuit for the loss of their loved ones because they are unaware of their rights under the Wrongful Death Act and/or fear excessive attorney’s fees. As with all of our personal injury Clients, if we accept your case, you do NOT pay us any fees until we get your case settled, Arbitrated, tried before a jury and/or our representation is otherwise ended, at which time we are due and collect our fees. If such is the case, you should contact us immediately and set an appointment to meet one of our lawyers for a free consultation.

McDermott & McDermott, LTD. provides free consultations to answer any questions you may have, for any personal injury matter at no charge. Our retainer agreement provides there will be NO FEE paid until the case ends by settlement or verdict in your case.

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