Fayetteville Wrongful Death Lawyer

Wrongful Death Lawyers Fighting for You

Most don’t know how to respond to a wrongful death. Grief is inevitable, and you should join loved ones to work through your loss.

When it comes to getting justice, you are likely in unfamiliar territory. This is why you should hire a Fayetteville wrongful death lawyer from Riddle & Brantley Accident Injury Lawyers to lead your case.

Our firm shows those affected by wrongful deaths endless compassion. At the same time, we hold liable parties accountable for the immense pain they have caused their victims.

Choose a law firm that will respect your loss and fight for you like family. Call Riddle & Brantley Accident Injury Lawyers today for your free consultation.

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Why Should I Hire Riddle & Brantley Accident Injury Lawyers for My Wrongful Death Case?

Our firm feels the highest responsibility to our clients, particularly when we are seeking justice for a wrongful death.

You should have the utmost confidence in your legal team, and we provide plenty of reasons to hire our firm, including:

• Centuries of combined legal experience: Our attorneys have more than 220 years of combined legal experience. Because our team collaborates when seeking justice for clients, you receive the combined benefit of our lawyers’ extensive legal backgrounds. 
• A focus on North Carolina: As a law firm dedicated to helping North Carolinians, we are focused on state-specific laws and cases. We don’t get overextended by trying to serve too many people spread around the country. We aim to help those in the Tar Heel State communities, including Fayetteville.
• Familiarity with wrongful death cases: Our attorneys have secured financial recoveries for many clients harmed by wrongful deaths. We know your case’s unique challenges and the compassion required to serve clients like you effectively. We also know the laws surrounding wrongful death in North Carolina.
• An uncompromising commitment to client service: Our clients are the mission. You will have a personal, active relationship with your attorney. You have the support of our entire team, so expect frequent updates, 24/7 availability, and a genuine sense that you’re part of the Riddle & Brantley Accident Injury Lawyers family. 
• Big firm resources with a small-firm feel: We want our clients to have the best of both worlds. Because of our many legal successes, our firm has amassed the kind of resources you might associate with larger firms. Yet, we have never lost the connection with clients that you might think of as common in smaller firms.

Our firm prides itself on being different from the rest. Our unique blend of client connection, compassion, and tenacity in pursuing justice means you can trust us with your wrongful death case in Fayetteville.

Our Case Results Indicate Our Lawyers’ Passion and Capability

You should never hire a law firm without seeing its results. After all, wrongful death cases can involve multiple millions of dollars in damages (as evidenced by the cost of fatal auto accidents).

You must know that your lawyer can stand and deliver when the stakes are high. 

You can be confident in Riddle & Brantley Accident Injury Lawyers because we have obtained settlements and judgments of:

• $9.45 million
• $7.85 million
• $5.25 million
• $5 million
• $3.6 million
• $3 million

These are just some of the many case results we have earned for our clients. Wrongful death cases are about getting justice, but this means securing a fair settlement or verdict for you. Our team will not be satisfied unless you receive all the compensation you deserve.

We Shoulder the Financial Burden of Your Wrongful Death Lawsuit

We believe that clients shouldn’t have to lose sleep over their decision to hire a wrongful death lawyer. This is why we use contingency fees, a structure that:

• Requires you to pay no upfront or out-of-pocket costs to your Fayetteville wrongful death lawyer
• Prompts our firm to pay filing costs and all other case-related expenses
• Entitles us to a fee only if we negotiate a settlement or win a judgment for you

Our firm offers this fee structure because our clients deserve it. We are always confident that we can succeed for our clients, so we are willing to include our fee as part of your financial recovery.

Hopefully, our firm’s acceptance of the financial risk of your case will provide some relief during an immensely difficult time in your life.

What Qualifies as a Wrongful Death?

A wrongful death generally means a death resulting from someone’s negligence. 

Attorneys can prove that negligence caused a wrongful death by establishing:

• The defendant owed the decedent a duty of care: A duty of care requires someone to act in a reasonable manner based on the specific circumstances. In this case, honoring the duty of care would mean taking all reasonable measures to prevent fatal injury or illness.
• The defendant violated their duty of care: Your lawyer will aim to prove that the defendant acted in some way that qualifies as unreasonable. The details of your loved one’s passing will lead your lawyer to one or more breaches of duty of care.
• The violation of the duty of care resulted in the wrongful death: Once your lawyer proves the defendant breached their duty of care, it may be apparent that they are responsible for the wrongful death. Still, your attorney will work to establish an undeniable link between the defendant’s negligence and your loved one’s tragic passing.
• The wrongful death has caused damages: Lastly, your Fayetteville wrongful death attorney will establish the harm you have suffered because of your loved one’s passing. The defendant caused this harm.

Making this case will require carefully examining the details of your loved one’s passing. Most who have lost a loved one are not comfortable working so closely with such distressing facts.

Allow a Fayetteville wrongful death attorney from Riddle & Brantley Accident Injury Lawyers to spare you from the stress of a necessary lawsuit.

Why Do You Need to Hire a Wrongful Death Attorney?

Choose to retain a wrongful death lawyer from our firm because:

• You’re occupied with your grief: While any loss can be difficult, unexpected deaths can be particularly difficult to process. In either case, you may need ample time and space to work through your grief and be with loved ones. At the same time, wrongful death lawsuits are urgent. Let us take your case off your hands while you care for yourself.
• We provide total financial support for your case: Winning cases can be costly. Furthermore, building a successful wrongful death case requires a substantial time investment. Our firm offers the time and resources you need without imposing any upfront or out-of-pocket costs upon you.
• We understand wrongful death cases inside and out: Our extensive track record leading wrongful death lawsuits is critically important. We know the laws involved in wrongful death cases, strategies that can lead to financial recoveries and other details that will be relevant to your case. 
• You don’t want to face the details of your loved one’s case: Resolving a wrongful death case means coming into repeated contact with the facts surrounding the death. This may not be healthy for someone who is grieving a recent loss.

Our firm works long hours and fights relentlessly for our clients. We do not take for granted that you have trusted us to get justice for the ultimate loss. Trust a Fayetteville wrongful death attorney from Riddle & Brantley Accident Injury Lawyers to handle your case with urgency and professionalism.

How a Fayetteville Wrongful Death Lawyer From Our Team Will Help You

Our firm has a robust roster of attorneys, paralegals, investigators, and experts who work together to build winning cases. Wrongful death cases come with high stakes, and we will build the strongest case we possibly can by:

Obtaining Proof of Fault for the Wrongful Death

Your lawyer will quickly learn how and why your loved one passed away.

We will obtain and organize any evidence suggesting who is at fault for the death, which may include:

• Witness accounts of the event(s) that caused your loved one’s passing
• Expert opinions about who caused the death
• Video footage of the fatal event
• Photographs of dangerous conditions
• Any reconstructions or testing that proves your loved one was exposed to dangerous conditions

Trust that our team serving Fayetteville will urgently gather evidence and incorporate it into your lawsuit.

Maintaining a Record of Your Damages

Our team will evaluate the economic and non-economic manner in which your loved one’s passing has affected you.

Documentation in your case may include:

• A mental health professional’s detailing of any grief, depression, and other pain and suffering stemming from your loss
• Invoices for any counseling and other treatment you seek
• Proof of the decedent’s income and other forms of financial support
• Medical bills
• Funeral-related invoices 

Your loved one was unique, so your damages will also be unique. Our team will compassionately investigate and detail your damages in your wrongful death case.

Calculating the Cost of Your Damages

We will calculate a precise cost for each of your damages. The total cost of those damages will tell us how much compensation to seek through a settlement or judgment.

Exploring Settlement Options

Those responsible for wrongful deaths do not always volunteer to pay affected parties. They often fight against paying.

Your Fayetteville wrongful death lawyer will present our case and demand a fair settlement based on your damages. We may exhaust several rounds of negotiations. We will never back down from fair settlement demands and will maintain the option of going to trial if necessary.

Reviewing Settlement Offers with You

Expect your wrongful death lawyer from our team to:

• Fight relentlessly for the settlement you deserve
• Inform you when we receive a settlement offer
• Review the details of each offer with you
• Solicit your feedback
• Advise you whether we believe the offer is fair

A fair settlement offer can efficiently resolve a complex legal matter. However, we advise clients only to accept a truly fair settlement. You will have the final say over accepting a settlement offer, but you can trust our firm to provide trustworthy advice.

Filing a Lawsuit, If Necessary

If responsible parties don’t meet your settlement demands, we are willing to take your case to trial. This process begins with filing a lawsuit.

Settlement negotiations do not always end with the filing of a lawsuit. We may negotiate a fair settlement after filing legal paperwork. However, we also maintain the option of proceeding to court.

Representing You at Trial

If your case goes to court, you will have chosen a law firm that has succeeded at trial many times. We relish the opportunity to present our case in front of a jury, and we recognize that this is sometimes necessary to get justice for wrongful deaths.

Recoverable Damages That Result When You Lose a Loved One

It is always difficult to evaluate the cost of losing a loved one. There is no greater price than someone’s life, but we use trusted methods to calculate the cost of each wrongful death case.

Recoverable damages we will consider while handling your case include:

Pain and Suffering

Grief may top the list of your pain and suffering, but it is unlikely the only form of pain and suffering you are enduring. We will account for all the physical, emotional, and psychological harm you’ve experienced.

Lost Financial Support

Lost financial support from a wrongful death can include the loss of:

• The decedent’s income
• Benefits provided through the defendant’s employer
• Loss of the decedent’s household contributions

Our team will determine the financial benefits you have lost upon your loved one’s passing in Fayetteville.

Loss of Consortium

We will evaluate the non-economic value your loved one provided their loved ones. While such benefits don’t always have a clear financial value, you can trust our firm to factor these damages into your case.

Call Riddle & Brantley Accident Injury Lawyers Today

You have suffered a tragic loss and deserve justice. Let a personal injury attorney in Fayetteville from Riddle & Brantley Accident Injury Lawyers help.

Call us today at (910) 387-9186 for your free, no-obligation consultation.