Wrongful Death

A good and qualified New York City wrongful death attorney would want to know several things about your particular case and your particular situation, including, but not limited to, the cause of death. Was it a fatal car, motorcycle, truck, or pedestrian accident? Was it as a result of a medical malpractice issue? Did it happen at the workplace, was it a construction or other workplace cause of death? Or was it in tandem with or in connection with the commission of a crime, which would have resulted in wrongful death liability associated with it in the civil context?

The Lawyer James attorneys have over 500 five-star Google reviews and dozens of video testimonials from clients. This typically gives to our clients or prospective clients the confidence that they need to approach us with the confidence in our legal ability, and the confidence that we will get the things done that they need to get done. One note of caution however that really affects representation sometimes is the question of the speed with which the court system responds and acts. This is a very large Labyrinth of judges and Court staff and other intricacies including technology staff and the courts, is important for you to know, operate at their own speed. This is very important for clients to understand.

On our end what we understand to be of particular importance to clients who have faced the unheard of loss associated with what we call in this industry a wrongful death case, is the level of compassion and understanding and sensitivity that your New York City wrongful death attorney has in approaching your case. This includes interacting with you, interacting with other witnesses, interacting with the wrongfully deceased history of friends and places and experiences.

Part and parcel to the emotional intelligence that the attorneys at the lawyer James possess, is the ability to explain things simply and in plain language. We know and understand that this is a very sensitive topic for you, it’s heart-tugging, It pulls your heartstrings, if not yanks them right out, it’s tear jerking and it downright hurts. The last thing you need is some attorney giving you a hard time for whatever reason when this is probably one of the most trying times in your entire life. We understand that, we get it, and our actions and our interactions with clients show it.

One of the things that we’ve studied and that has come up during the course of our over two decades in service to clientele in need of assistance from a New York city-based attorney, is that clear communication is of paramount importance to clients. Those clients who want to know what is happening in their case need to be updated regularly, clearly, concisely. It is also important for us to be available to clients so that they can ask any questions and we are available to answer them because the transfer of information to you is important because if it is just sitting there in your attorney’s mind, brains, or computer it does you no good whatsoever unless it is communicated and conveyed to you.

Depending on the cause of death, and depending on the environment, your New York City wrongful death attorney will need to have access to, and experience with, strong investigative resources and the ability to work with those resources. Those resources include, but are not limited to, accident reconstruction experts. These experts will take the information that we provide to them with you, which would include photographs, videotapes, reports, notes from discussions, and site visits, to take and reconstruct the accident and show exactly what happened where the deficiencies  are to maximize our chances of recovery and even before that to establish liability. Part and parcel to those experts will also be access to and experience in working with medical experts, to explain the effect of the trauma and the cause of death and any other related issue or pressure point to bring attention to so that again we can maximize your chances of recovery. It’s also important  for your New York City wrongful death attorney to have access to  private investigators and experts who can adequately describe your financial loss and to come up with an appropriate defensible damages figure and justification.

Your chosen New York City wrongful death attorney also must have, and this is an absolute must, experience negotiating with and having discussions with insurance carriers, because those carriers, and their attorneys, or upon the advice of their attorneys, will likely be the ones who will be writing your check and compensating you for damages. One of the key things to understand when working with insurance companies is that they often delay, delay, and delay. Of course, this depends on the precise insurance company and the attorney working for the insurance company, but that is the general proposition about insurance companies and that is the reputation that they generally have.   and this makes sense in the context of wrongful death cases because these are very big cases with a lot of issues and a lot of opportunity for the insurance company to play games, and they are incentivized to do so because they are running a business and they want to keep the claims payouts as low as possible under the circumstances. That is the hard truth however we have ways and methods to work with the insurance companies and leverage our position to extract the best possible payouts within the time frame and under the circumstances presented.

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