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Wrongful Death Attorney Pocahontas Illinois. Due to the reckless and negligent actions of an corporation, business or individual, your love one has pass. No amount of money or compensation will ever bring your love one back, but it can help you and your family recover during this difficult and trying time. While you and your family take the time to recover from this tragedy, our wrongful death attorneys in Pocahontas can and will fight on your family’s behalf to ensure that those who are responsible for your love ones passing are held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.
The Pocahontas Wrongful Death Attorneys at Hassakis Law have over 60 years of experience successfully fighting for and defending Pocahontas, Illinois families during and after tragic accidents. We understand the pain and anguish that you and your family are enduring after the wrongful death of your love one, and we are dedicate to providing the most extensive and complete legal advice and guidance in your wrongful death case. As soon as you call our lawyers, we will aggressively pursue those who cause the death of your love one, and ensure that you and your love ones are completely provide for and protect during your claim, and afterward. We will ensure that the memory of your love one is honour, and that you and your family are compensate for your loss.
The Illinois Compile Statutes for Wrongful Death States,
“Sec. 1. Whenever the death of a person shall be cause by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would, if death had not ensue, have entitle the party injure to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who or company or corporation which would have been liable if death had not ensue, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injure, and although the death shall have been cause under such circumstances as amount in law to felony. No action may be brought under this Act if the decedent had brought a cause of action with respect to the same underlying incident or occurrence which was settle or on which judgment was render. ”
When a member of your family has die because of someone’s reckless actions, and would not have if that accident had not occur, then a wrongful death claim can be pursue.
If your love one pass and their passing meets any of the require criteria above, our wrongful death attorneys in Pocahontas can and will assist you in pursuing a wrongful death claim. We care about Illinois families because we are Illinois families. Our Pocahontas Wrongful Death Attorneys can help you and your family recover.
Because of accidents, negligence, or the actions of another deliberately placing someone in harm’s way, a wrongful death case can be fil in every category of personal injury law. Whether it be a death cause by a car accident, work accident, or even medical malpractice, our wrongful death lawyers have over 60 years of experience and excellence defending the families of love ones who have pass because of negligence and avoidable accidents.
If someone you love has pass because of the negligence of another, and they pass because of an accident not state above, it is still important to call our wrongful death lawyers because we pursue all claims regarding the wrongful passing of love ones in Illinois. The Wrongful Death Lawyers of Hassakis Law will fight on your family’s behalf to ensure you get the compensation and restitution your family deserves+.
Estimating what your lost love one would have been worth if not for the accident can be difficult. No amount of money will ever replace your family member taking an accurate account of their monetary value and their applicable skills/trade proficiencies can help in estimating how much your family can receive in compensation for your love one’s passing. Here are several factors that help in this decision:
When the reckless actions of another have taken your family member from you, you can receive compensation for the loss of their life, their income, the loss of your companionship, and any other hardship you and your love ones are place in because of their passing. When you are ready to pursue their wrongful death claim, our Pocahontas attorneys can help.
This is known as Comparative Fault Factoring. If your love one was at fault for more than 50% of the reason that the accident occur, pursuing damages may be incredibly difficult in the case. However, if they were not more than 50% responsible for the accident, a wrongful death claim can and should be pursue. Their percentage of fault in the accident does, however, reduce the amount of compensation that can be receive in the claim.
Illinois Compile Statutes state,
“Contributory fault” means any fault on the part of the plaintiff (including but not limit to negligence, assumption of the risk, or willful and wanton misconduct) which is a proximate cause of the death, bodily injury to person, or physical damage to property for which recovery is seek.”
The Statute goes further to state,
“In all actions on account of death, bodily injury or physical damage to property in which recovery is predicate upon fault, the contributory fault chargeable to the plaintiff shall be compare with the fault of all tortfeasors whose fault was a proximate cause of the death, injury, loss, or damage for which recovery is seek. The plaintiff shall be bar from recovering damages if the trier of fact finds that the contributory fault on the part of the plaintiff is more than 50% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is seek.
The plaintiff shall not be bar from recovering damages if the trier of fact finds that the contributory fault on the part of the plaintiff is not more than 50% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is seek, but any economic or non-economic damages allow shall be diminish in the proportion to the amount of fault attributable to the plaintiff.”
The Wrongful Death Lawyers at Hassakis Law believe in aggressively pursuing wrongful death claims for Illinois residents. Because of the negligent actions of a corporation, individual, or the reckless actions of a business, you have lost your love one. Money will never replace your lost love one, but,, we can make sure that those who are responsible for their passing are held to account. We care about Illinois families because we are a part of Illinois. When you choose our , you are choosing local attorneys who have a stake in the success and livelihood of their communities. When you are ready to pursue justice for your lost love one, call or contact our Wrongful Death Attorneys in Illinois.
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