Important: read ALL of this page, please. If this section is for you or your family because you have lost someone dear to you, please accept my sympathy. You and your loved ones may be entitled to claim for money compensation damages and a death case has very technical requirements of proof.

Often I have had to retain expert economists to calculate the lifetime wage earnings lost, including social security benefits, pension contributions and other money losses to explain to the jury that it is not just a matter of simple wage loss. Sometimes, an expert in grief and grieving or a psychiatrist is used as an expert to explain to a jury why money compensation should be awarded for a larger amount.

Your Florida Wrongful Death Lawyer knows that claims for Wrongful Death in Florida which are based upon laws that are Florida State laws (Federal may be different) are subject to a strict time limit. But be careful, please, and speak with a knowledgeable and experienced Florida Wrongful Death Lawyer as soon as you can because more than one time limit may apply, and you do not want to find out that your claim is too late to sue about.

A Florida Car Accident involving a death of the injury victim,and other accidents where there is a Wrongful Death are subject to a specific law, called the Florida Wrongful Death Act.

Here are some of the important highlights of that law: In order to sue, an Estate must be opened. Different people are permitted different kinds of damages or rights to money compensation. For example, the wife of a husband who died in a car accident may be entitled to claim for different types of damages than a son or daughter. The rules for this are fairly technical, especially in the case of medical malpractice. What if the person that died in Florida was an out of state resident or tourist? Well, then an Estate could possibly, depending upon the circumstances be opened under the laws of that deceased person's home state, but their rights to money damages compensation may be subject to the Florida laws. See how easily it can get complicated? Your Florida Wrongful Death Lawyer should be able to give you a free consultation and spot some of these issues in your first conference.

I have supplied the law number to the Florida Wrongful Death Act, which is a Statute, but be warned that this web page is not updated as frequently as the lawmay change. It is Florida Statute 768,16 through 768.26 but it is a better idea to speak directly to me about your possible case in a free consultation.