Has your family lost a loved one in a fatal accident in Westerville? Losing a loved one can cause your family immense sadness and grief. However, you may also feel frustration and anger if your loved one’s death occurred in an accident caused by someone else’s negligence or fault. Fortunately, your family may have the right to seek justice and compensation from those responsible for your loved one’s passing. A wrongful death claim can allow you to hold at-fault parties. Let the legal team at Oliver Law Office help you seek justice. Contact us today for a free initial case evaluation to learn how our firm works hard to hold those at fault for your loved one’s passing accountable and to get you the financial recovery your family needs and deserves.
After a loved one’s passing, an experienced wrongful death attorney can make the grieving and healing process more accessible. For years, families have turned to the team at Oliver Law Office to guide them through the complex process of recovering from a loved one’s passing because:
Our attorneys understand that every family has a unique case. We take the time to discuss your family’s situation, needs, and concerns to ensure we pursue a legal strategy tailored to your goals and objectives.
We will handle all the details of your case to allow your family to grieve and heal. We will vigorously pursue maximum compensation for your family’s losses to help you seek justice.
Our lawyers have decades of legal experience across various cases, allowing us to handle the challenges and complexities that may arise in your family’s wrongful death case.
After a loved one’s passing, an experienced wrongful death attorney can make the grieving and healing process more accessible. For years, families have turned to the team at Oliver Law Office to guide them through the complex process of recovering from a loved one’s passing because:
Our attorneys understand that every family has a unique case. We take the time to discuss your family’s situation, needs, and concerns to ensure we pursue a legal strategy tailored to your goals and objectives.
We will handle all the details of your case to allow your family to grieve and heal. We will vigorously pursue maximum compensation for your family’s losses to help you seek justice.
Our lawyers have decades of legal experience across various cases, allowing us to handle the challenges and complexities that may arise in your family’s wrongful death case.
Under Ohio law, your family may have a wrongful death claim when a loved one’s death occurs due to the wrongful act, neglect, or default of another party that would have entitled your loved one to pursue a personal injury claim had they not passed away. Wrongful death claims can arise under the same circumstances as personal injury claims when a person’s injuries prove fatal. A party does not need to cause someone’s death through a criminal act to become liable for wrongful death, although wrongful death claims can arise from intentional acts like assault or homicide. However, a party can become liable in a wrongful death claim when they negligently or recklessly cause another person’s death in an accident, such as a motor vehicle crash.
In Ohio, the personal representative (i.e., the executor or administrator) of the decedent’s estate must file the wrongful death claim to pursue recovery on behalf of the decedent’s estate and surviving family members, including a surviving spouse, surviving children, surviving parents, and the decedent’s next of kin.
At Oliver Law Office, our wrongful death lawyers have extensive experience helping families seek accountability after losing loved ones in accidents such as:
Car accidents
Truck accidents
Motorcycle accident
Pedestrian accidents
Bicycle accidents
Defective product accidents
Premises liability accidents
Dog or other animal attacks
Although no amount of money can bring a deceased loved one back, a family member’s death can have significant financial and emotional consequences for your family. You may have the right to seek compensation for your family’s losses in a wrongful death claim. A claim can provide your family with some measure of justice for a loved one’s passing by ensuring you obtain financial recovery for losses such as:
Loss of a loved one’s financial support, based on their earning capacity
Loss of a loved one’s services to the family/household, such as home maintenance or childcare
Loss of a loved one’s care, companionship, society, guidance and advice
Loss of the growth in value of a loved one’s estate and the resulting inheritance their family members would have received
Emotional trauma and grief suffered by surviving family members
Reasonable funeral and burial expenses
The law presumes that family members such as spouses, children, and parents suffer losses due to the passing of a loved one. However, other family members can also demonstrate losses caused by a loved one’s death.
Under Ohio’s statute of limitations for wrongful death claims, you typically have two years to file a lawsuit against the party or parties responsible for your loved one’s death. However, you can best protect your family’s rights and options by speaking with a personal injury lawyer from Oliver Law Office as soon as possible after a loved one’s passing to ensure your wrongful death claims get filed on time. Otherwise, your family may lose the right to seek financial compensation for your loss.
When your family has lost a loved one, you deserve to focus on grieving, supporting one another, and healing. An attorney from Oliver Law Office can help you by handling all the details of your wrongful death claim so that you can devote your time and energy to your family. Our firm will pursue the financial relief and justice you deserve for your loved one’s death by:
Thoroughly investigating your family’s case to obtain evidence needed to build a compelling argument in support of your wrongful death claim
Identifying liable parties and evaluating avenues for recovering compensation
Documenting your family’s financial and emotional losses to ensure we pursue maximum financial relief
Vigorously pursuing accountability and justice from those responsible for your loved one’s death, whether through a fair and full settlement or by taking your case to court and trial, if necessary
After a loved one has passed away due to another party’s wrongful actions, get the legal help you need to demand accountability and justice. Contact Oliver Law Office today for a free consultation with our caring legal team to discuss your family’s options for seeking financial and emotional recovery following a loved one’s death.
Families who have lost loved ones due to others’ negligence or recklessness can talk to an experienced wrongful death attorney from Oliver Law Office at our Dublin office at 7240 Muirfield Dr, Ste 120, Dublin, OH 43017. To reach our office:
Start on I-270 West.
Take the OH-161/US-33 Exit toward Marysville.
Exit at Avery-Muirfield Drive.
Turn right onto Avery-Muirfield Drive.
Turn left on Muirfield Drive.
Your destination will be on the left.
Start on I-270 North.
Take the OH-161/US-33 Exit toward Marysville.
Exit at Avery-Muirfield Drive.
Turn right onto Avery-Muirfield Drive
Turn left on Muirfield Drive.
Your destination will be on the left.
Start on I-270 West.
Take the OH-161/US-33 Exit toward Marysville.
Exit at Avery-Muirfield Drive.
Turn right onto Avery-Muirfield Drive.
Turn left on Muirfield Drive.
Your destination will be on the left.
Start on I-270 East.
Take the OH-161/US-33 Exit toward Marysville.
Exit at Avery-Muirfield Drive.
Turn right onto Avery-Muirfield Drive.
Turn left on Muirfield Drive.
Your destination will be on the left.
