Wrongful Death Case Going To Trial

Answer:

Oftentimes when we have a family member who’s lost a loved one come to us with a wrongful death case, they immediately say, “This is a case that I never want to try,” and we tell them most of these cases do not have to go to trial. However, you want a trial firm that will push that case forward and make it look like they’re ready to go to trial because that can maximize the value of the case.

If an insurance company knows you don’t want to go to trial, they’re going to lowball offer you, and that’s not helpful because you’re obviously not going to get fair value for the loss of your loved one. If they think you’re ready to go to trial, they’re going to make a better offer. Even if we have someone come to us and say, “I don’t ever want to try the case,” we still prepare that case as if we’re going to trial because the insurance company knows we mean business and that can help maximize the value of the case.

One way we can make that clear is our law firm has three board-certified trial attorneys, which means you have to try a certain number of cases, take an exam, and you’re declared an expert in the field of personal injury civil trial, and we have four attorneys that have done that. The insurance company knows that we mean business, they know that we’ll try the case. If you hire us, you have that backing, you have that strength to stand up to the insurance company, and that usually helps us get a reasonable value and be able to settle the case before a trial ever has to happen. If you have a wrongful death action, where you’ve lost a loved one, please feel free to reach out to us so we can help you.