Making a Claim After The Death Of A Loved One

If someone close to you was involved in a serious accident, then its effects can be devastating for both you and your entire family. Such injuries can have a major impact on your family both emotionally and financially especially if the victim was the sole bread winner. If the victim were to die as a result of the accident making a claim would be last thing his/her family members would be thinking about, nonetheless a successful claim would help greatly in getting by day to day.

Why Make a Claim?

If your loved one died as a result of the negligence of a third party, claiming for compensation would beneficial in two ways:-

-          Firstly, compensation that you get after the accident will allow you to feel that justice has been served and you are not left alone in the wake of such devastation.

-          Secondly, the compensation will make sure that you and your family are not financially stranded as a result of the accident.

 Who can make a Claim?

In general terms, the personal representative of the deceased’s estate brings a claim on behalf of the deceased’s estate and their dependants.

The dependants of the estate are:

-          The wife or husband, or former wife or husband of the deceased.

-          A person who was living with the deceased in the same household for a period of 2 years immediately before the accident and were living together as husband and wife,

-          Parent(s) or other ascendant of the deceased.

-          Any person who was treated as parent by the deceased,

-          Children, including a child born after the accident and other decedents of the victim, including a person who was treated by the deceased as a child of the family in relation to his/her marriage, 

-          Brother, sister, uncle or aunt of the victim.

For more information regarding making a Serious Injury Claim, get in touch with our experts at 247 Solicitors by phone on 01204 263000 or email info@247solicitors.co.uk.