Have you
lost a loved one, possibly a parent or child, due to
neglect? If that death
was caused by another person or a company, the law allows
the surviving family members to receive compensation for the pain
and suffering. They may also recover any lost wages of the deceased.
Contact
Philadelphia Wrongful Death Lawyers at Lowenthal and
Abrams and let our experience and resources help you through
this difficult time. File a Philadelphia wrongful death
claim today.
A Philadelphia wrongful death claim can result from
medical malpractice, construction
site, work hazards, train
accidents, pedestrian accidents, car crashes, industrial
toxic chemicals, and other unsafe products.
Some
Types of Cases That Our Philadelphia
Wrongful Death Lawyers Handle Include:
Cases of wrongful death involving minors
or incapacitated persons may be petitioned in
two ways:
- As an initial petition where there
has been no civil action filed.
- As a petition where an action has been
formally filed and given a court term and number.
Wrongful Death and Beneficiaries
Adult children who
can establish pecuniary loss due to the death of a
parent should all share equally in wrongful death benefits.
- Pecuniary
loss must be grounded on reasonably continuous or past
acts or conduct of the deceased through services, food,
clothing, education, entertainment or gifts bestowed that
have been rendered with a frequency that creates an anticipation
of continuance.
- Pecuniary loss would not include claims
for mental suffering, grief or distress of mind.
- The beneficiaries
entitled to recover under the Wrongful Death Act include
the spouse, children and parents of the deceased in the
proportion they would take in the case of intestacy.
Get legal Help! File a Philadelphia
wrongful death claim today!
Read below to see if your case or situation is similar
to this Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decision on reversing
the rulings of the Philadelphia County Court of Common
Pleas in the wrongful death of a stillborn.
Amadio v. Levin -
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reversed
the rulings of the Philadelphia County Court of Common
Pleas and the Pennsylvania Superior Court in finding
that the parents of a stillborn child who died as a result
of prenatal injuries could bring a lawsuit, in their
own right and on the stillborn child's behalf, against
the mother's obstetricians under the state's wrongful
death and survival statutes.
The court recognized a viable fetus in utero
as having a separate existence from the mother and
as thus able to sustain injuries independently of the
mother. Live birth would no longer be a limiting prerequisite
to parental action on behalf of the child's estate.
Contact
Philadelphia Wrongful Death Lawyers at Lowenthal
and Abrams and let our experience and resources help
you through this difficult time. File a Philadelphia
wrongful death claim today.
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