WRONGFUL DEATH

• Immediate family members - including parents, spouses, and children, are almost always eligible to file a claim, although minors may need an adult guardian to take a Wrongful Death lawsuit to court.
• Additionally, other family members - such as stepparents, grandparents, and dependents, may also be permitted to file suit in some states.
• Although laws vary from state to state, immediate family members - including parents, spouses, and children - are permitted to file Wrongful Death claims. Minors, however, may need an adult guardian to bring a lawsuit to court.

• Wrongful Death - Prescription Drugs: Every year approximately 200,000 Americans die from prescription drug reactions.
• Wrongful Death - Auto Accidents: There are approximately 12 million automobile accidents every year according to the National Safety Counsel (NSA).
• Wrongful Death - Transportation Accidents: There are over 3 million injuries a year from transportation accidents and around 40,000 fatalities.
• Wrongful Death - Amusement Park Accidents: The Consumer Protection Safety Commission estimates the number of serious injuries on amusement park rides is 5000 emergency room visits per year.  
• Wrongful Death - Bicycle Accidents: Nearly one million children are injured each year in bicycle related accidents.
• Wrongful Death - School Bus Accidents: There are 12,000 injuries and 130 deaths involving school buses annually.
• Wrongful Death - Boating Accident: According to the United States Coast Guard, there are over 8,000 boating accidents each year and over 700 fatalities.
• Wrongful Death - Swimming Accident: Every year over 1,000 children die in swimming related accidents. For every child who drowns, six receive emergency room care.
• Wrongful Death - Motorcycle Accident: More than 80 percent of all reported motorcycle accidents result in injury or death.
• Wrongful Death - Train Accident: Each year there are approximately 3,000 train accidents in the U.S. and about 1,000 people lose their lives.
• Wrongful Death - Slip & Fall Accident: Slip and fall incidents cause 15% of all accidental deaths, and are second only to motor vehicle accidents as a cause of accidental deaths.
• Wrongful Death - Truck Accident: Every year over 5,000 car drivers and passengers are killed in accidents involving trucks and over 500 truck drivers receive fatal injuries.
• Wrongful Death - Construction Accident: One out of 10 construction workers is accidentally injured every year.
• Wrongful Death - Auto Accident: Auto accidents on our Nation's roadways are a serious threat to the traveling public and are the leading cause of death for those under the age of thirty-four.
• Wrongful Death - Mesothelioma: About 4,000 people die from Mesothelioma every year, the rare cancer caused by asbestos exposure.
• Wrongful Death - Auto Accident: Young drivers are four times more likely to die in car accidents and are much more prone to speed, drive recklessly, not wear their seat belts and drink and drive than middle-aged drivers
• Wrongful Death - SUV Rollover: Each year, rollovers kill about 10,000 people and injure more than 200,000 each year.
• Wrongful Death - Auto Accident: 40% of fatalities are related to drinking and driving, 30% to speeding, and about 33% from a car going off the road.
• Wrongful Death - Seat Belt: Seat belt use is only about 68% nationally, despite it being highly cost-effective means to prevent fatalities and serious injuries.
• Wrongful Death - Construction Accident: One out of 10 construction workers is accidentally injured every year.
• Wrongful Death - Construction Accident: More fatalities occur from falls than any other construction activity.
• Wrongful Death - Otho Evra Patch: A dozen young women died last year from blood clots believed to be related to the birth-control patch. Dozens more survived strokes and other clot-related problems.
• Wrongful Death - Vioxx: An estimated 30,000 people have died.
• Wrongful Death - Celebrex: Deaths reported.
• Wrongful Death - Bextra: Deaths reported.
• Wrongful Death - Zyprexa: Deaths reported.
• Wrongful Death - Duragesic Patch: Deaths reported.