Fatal accident claims
There are three constituent parts to fatal accident claims. The victim’s claim compensates for pain and distress experienced by the fatal injury victim before their death, along with any financial loss they experienced between the time of the fatal accident and the time of their death, assuming the fatal accident did not lead to instantaneous death.
Dependents’ fatal accident claims are more complex, as they can involve a number of different claimants who may all have been dependent on the fatal accident victim in different ways, and their loss must be quantified.
Dependents who can make fatal accident claims include a husband, a wife or child of the fatal injury victim. Other family members such as children, grandchildren, grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles, and children or brothers, sisters aunts or uncles can also potentially make fatal accident claims.
Some non-family members also have the right to make fatal accident claims, such as a person treated as a child, a former husband or wife and a cohabiter living as husband or wife for two years or more.
Following a fatal accident there is also a statutory award for bereavement, which is an additional damages payment following a fatal accident in the form of a lump sum of £11,800. This is payable even if there was no claim for injury of the deceased.
Fears about fatal accident claims
While many people are afraid of the added pressures making fatal accident claims might entail, claiming for fatal accident compensation does not have to be an emotional burden, and it shouldn’t be.
Where a family member or loved one has lost their life, and it was someone else’s fault, the victim’s family should not be afraid of the idea of fatal accident claims. In fact, a specialist solicitor will be able to deal with all the complex paperwork and put forward the claim on the claimants’ behalf.
What’s more, because of the no win no fee system in the UK, claimants do not have to pay anything when fatal accident claims are unsuccessful.
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