Chicago Wrongful Death Settlements

Claims for Wrongful Death in Chicago

The wrongful death and personal injury law firm of Allegretti & Associates describes the different types of wrongful death compensation clients are able to receive in the state of Illinois, including monetary damages. Before discussing the types of wrongful death compensation one can expect from a lawsuit, one should know the types of wrongful death cases that can occur:

• Personal injury: auto accidents, motorcycle accidents, etc.
• Toxic exposure: exposure to chemicals, substances, bad conditions on the job
• Defective drugs
• Product defects
• Medical malpractice

Chicago wrongful death settlements

Damages for:

• The medical expenses of the victim
• The funeral expenses of the victim
• Loss of benefits of the victim: pensions, insurance coverage
• Loss of inheritance: for surviving family members
• Loss of expected earnings during employment and retirement
• Mental pain and suffering of the surviving family members
• Loss of companionship, family relationship, protector for the surviving members of the family
• Punitive damages

Certain types of accidental death compensation may apply to specific relationships. For parents losing a child, loss of companionship and mental anguish can be a result of such a traumatic and painful event. In the case of a child losing a parent, the outcome largely depends on their age, but most likely results in mental anguish, loss of companionship, and loss of protection, security, and inheritance. For a spousal death, the surviving spouse may receive compensation for potential wages from their job, loss of companionship, loss of sexual relationship, and mental anguish. In some cases, damages can be given to anyone specified in the will.

In Illinois, the parents, children, or spouse of the deceased person are considered to suffer a loss due to their loved one’s sudden death. This can apply to any surviving family member, regardless of age; children can be grown up and still suffer pain and mental anguish from the loss of their parent. For parents of an unborn fetus, they can still deserve monetary compensation due to the potential companionship that the unborn child could have brought to their lives. Wrongful death lawsuits in Chicago not only look in the present-tense, but also pay heed to the past and future relationships that surviving members could have had with the person, had they not unnecessarily died.

Call Allegretti & Associates at 866-745-1531, or contact us via our quick web form if you would like information about Chicago wrongful death or accidental death.