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A legal cause of action for wrongful death may
exist when a person dies from the negligence of
another. Such a situation may arise in a number
of different contexts - car accidents, machinery
accidents, and medical negligence to name a few.
The objective of the Virginia Wrongful Death Act
is to compensate the survivors/beneficiaries for
their loss caused by the decedent's death. The
Virginia legislature decided to compensate survivors/beneficiaries
for the following types of damages:
- Sorrow, mental anguish, and loss of solace,
which includes loss of society, companionship,
comfort and guidance;
- Any reasonably expected loss in income of
the decedent suffered by the survivors/beneficiaries;
- Any reasonably expected loss of services,
protection, care, and/or assistance which the
decedent provided to the survivors/beneficiaries;
- Expenses for the care, treatment, and hospitalization
of the decedent incident leading to the injury
resulting in death; and
- Reasonable funeral expenses.
The Firm has assisted hundreds of wrongful death
survivors/beneficiaries in recovering compensation
due them under Virginia law. Under the often difficult
emotional circumstances of these cases our attorneys
strive to be sensitive to the loss our clients
have suffered while working vigorously to help
them recover what the law allows.
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