Detroit Wrongful Death Lawyer

What Can Lead to Wrongful Death? 

At its core, the definition of wrongful death is someone passing away because of the negligent, wrongful, or criminal actions of another person. Under personal injury law, families have the right to pursue damages the same as if the deceased had survived the accident and qualified for a personal injury claim.

Many circumstances qualify as wrongful death, such as:

• Vehicle accidents: Impairment, recklessness, fatigue, and more can cause drivers to make deadly mistakes. Fatalities can happen in car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, or pedestrian accidents.
• Construction or workplace accidents: When people are at work, whether at a construction site or office building, they run the risk of serious accidents, which can be fatal. Sometimes, a third party unaffiliated with the employer is responsible for causing the accident.
• Falls: Slips and falls and falls from heights are a type of premises liability accident. They can happen at work, grocery stores, parking lots, hotels, swimming pools, and many other places. Property owners can be liable if an unreasonable hazard causes a wrongful death. 
• Medical malpractice: This happens when a medical professional makes an unreasonable mistake that costs a patient their life. This might be due to failure to diagnose, delay of treatment, surgical or anesthesia errors, medication errors, birth injuries, and more.
• Product liability: These incidents result from negligent manufacturers who allow defective or dangerous products to reach consumers. Common products include medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, recreational equipment, vehicles, household products, child and baby products, and more.