Wrongful Death

Losing a loved one is always traumatic. But knowing that your loved one died in a preventable accident makes it even worse. When someone is killed because of another person’s careless, reckless, or negligent actions, you can seek damages in a wrongful death claim. Filing a wrongful death claim may seem hard…

Imagine coming home to learn your infant child had been killed by a drunk driver. That was the heartbreaking reality for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Marcus Kowal. But the MMA fighter is using his grief, and his celebrity to make sure others don’t have to feel the same pain….

On August 28, 2015, a careless driver’s lane change turned into a tragic motorcycle accident. When the dust settled Michigan State Police trooper Chad H. Wolf had been dragged from his bike and killed, without the driver realizing what he had done. Trooper Wolf was on patrol on his police…

The country is rallying around, and against, the recent Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage nationwide. And while car insurance might not be the first benefit you think of from the decision, it could mean a lot to gay and lesbian auto accident victims and their spouses here in Michigan….

Three-year-old Tabatha Brown was pronounced brain dead after a drunk driver plowed into her mother’s SUV. Drunk Driving Crash in Pontiac The crash happened Friday, April 17, 2015, around 7:00 at night. Tabatha, her mother, her 16-year-old uncle, and her 2-year-old cousin were heading to visit her great-grandmother at Beaumont…

If you lost control of your car and caused your spouse’s death, suing the insurance company probably wouldn’t your top priority. But what about suing the at fault driver – yourself? A Utah judge has just given the go-ahead to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a surviving spouse and personal representative…