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A "wrongful death" occurs when an individual dies as a result of the negligence or misconduct of another person, company or entity. Pursuing a wrongful death claim for financial compensation can never replace the loss of a loved one, but it will provide for lost income, medical and funeral expenses and the pain and suffering caused by the finality of your loss.

Wrongful deaths can be the result of medical malpractice, fatal car or truck accidents, construction fatalities, deaths caused by defective products or defective drugs, drowning or fire-related deaths and those killed as the result of a violent act. Losing someone you love is heartbreaking, but when that loss was avoidable and caused by the negligence or misconduct of another, the loss somehow seems more difficult to endure.

The only method available for measuring the cost of the loss of a loved in a court of law in a wrongful death case is by determining the financial loss that the death caused to the victim's survivors and beneficiaries.

When that loss is measured, the money the deceased earned, could have earned had they lived and how financially dependent the survivors were on the support of the deceased is taken into account. Medical, burial and funeral expenses are also taken into consideration.

Please contact the Birmingham, Alabama office of The Cochran Firm today if you have lost a loved one to a wrongful death to schedule a confidential consultation at no cost to you to protect your legal rights and get you the financial compensation you so rightfully deserve.

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