Palm Springs Wrongful Death Lawyer Sebastian Gibson
Palm Springs Wrongful Death Lawyer Sebastian Gibson
The Right Choice in Palm Springs Wrongful Death Lawyers
When a member of your family has died from a fatal road accident, horrific dog bite accident, building collapse, or other circumstance that were not their fault, you may have cause to file suit for their wrongful death. While monetary compensation cannot help you overcome the grief and sadness you feel, a wrongful death settlement skillfully obtained by the law offices of Palm Springs Wrongful Death Lawyer Sebastian Gibson can help you cope with the economic devastation brought about by an untimely death.
From our law firm’s experience, no other area of law is so difficult to handle, or as emotional, as a wrongful death case. This type of death is often sudden, so it is nothing that your family has prepared for. But when you retain Palm Springs wrongful death lawyer Sebastian Gibson, we’ll guide you through the maze of laws that so few attorneys really understand and deal with the emotional consequences that come along with such a painful event. We will help you shoulder that burden of loss when you need help the most.
Palm Springs Wrongful Death Lawyer Sebastian Gibson now has over 40 years of experience helping individuals with their insurance claims and business matters throughout the Coachella Valley from Palm Springs to Palm Desert, Indio and Coachella and in the upper desert from Yucca Valley to Twentynine Palms as well as in San Diego, Orange County, on the Central Coast of California and internationally.
If you’ve had an auto, truck, motorcycle, pedestrian or bicycle accident or have lost a loved one in a wrongful death accident and need a Palm Springs Wrongful Death Lawyer Sebastian Gibson for your injuries or for a wrongful death claim in the Coachella Valley or in Orange County, call attorney Sebastian Gibson. Named a 2024 Top Lawyer for 14th year in a row by Palm Springs Life, it’s not surprising Palm Springs Wrongful Death Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has also been recognized as a “Suberb” Lawyer by Avvo, their highest rating, which rates attorneys all across the U.S.
With law degrees in both California and in Great Britain, with decades of experience in California and internationally and offices in Palm Desert and Orange County, Palm Springs Wrongful Death Lawyer Sebastian Gibson can meet with you in your home, hospital or in our offices and advise you by phone the same day when you need assistance most. Personal injury and wrongful death accident cases are handled on a contingency fee basis and we advance case costs on your behalf and are reimbursed only if we settle or win your case by settlement, mediation, arbitration or trial.
When A Personal Injury Claim Becomes One For Wrongful Death
When, for example, a person is badly injured in a vehicular accident, they may have a personal injury claim. But when that injured person dies, the personal injury claim becomes a wrongful death claim, and instead of the victim receiving compensation for their pain and suffering, their medical bills and their wage loss, it is their heirs, under California wrongful death statutes, who receive compensation.
Wrongful death compensation for the loss of a loved one includes compensation for not just medical expenses (through a survivor action), but lost wages, burial expenses, funeral expenses and out of pocket expenses in connection with the wrongful death. According to the law, we can seek compensation for:
- A parent or sibling’s emotional distress where they witness the incident that takes the life of the wrongful death victim
- Burial and funeral expenses
- Financial losses (such as the loss of gifts or benefits the heir would have expected to receive)
- Loss of financial support (such as the cost of house mortgage payments or of a child’s or spouse’s college education)
- Loss of marital relations by a spouse
- Loss of training or guidance (especially with minors)
- Medical expenses incurred (through a survival action)
- Out of pocket expenses
- Pain and suffering of the decedent (through a survival action)
- Punitive damages (if the actions of the defendant(s) were intentional, reckless, wanton or malicious)
- The loss of household support
- The loss of love, society and companionship
- The loss of moral support
- Vehicle damages (through a Survival Action)
Calculating the amount of the loss that impacts heirs requires a skillful attorney. Your attorney may rely on data such as life expectancy, medical history, occupation, earnings potential, lifestyle, age, and other factors to craft a case and then blend the statistics with less tangible losses to compute the economic loss.
Types Of Wrongful Death Cases Palm Springs Wrongful Death Lawyer Sebastian Gibson Handles
While our California wrongful death law firm doesn’t take medical wrongful death cases, we do handle all types of wrongful death accidents, including those in which the life of another is wrongfully taken in any type of vehicular or pedestrian accident involving cars, trucks, tractor trailer trucks and big rigs, bicycles, electric scooters, motorcycles, buses, robotaxis and more.
We also handle wrongful death cases when they result from construction accidents, on-the-job failures to provide proper security, from the use of defective products and in other situations including falls, premises liability accidents, dog and animal attacks, parking structure accidents, building collapses, contaminated food or drugs, boat and cruise ship drownings, airplane disasters, helicopter crashes, and sightseeing plane crashes.
Your Wrongful Death Settlement
As with all personal injury cases, Sebastian Gibson takes wrongful death cases on contingency. We advance all the costs associated with your case and we’re reimbursed for those costs, such as the cost of obtaining hospital records or court filing fees, only if we obtain a settlement or an award through mediation, arbitration or trial.
Contact Palm Springs Wrongful Death Lawyer Sebastian Gibson Today
If you’ve lost a loved one in a wrongful death and need representation, call The Law Offices of Palm Springs Wrongful Death Lawyer Sebastian Gibson for any fatality or serious injury in Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Newport Beach, Orange County and anywhere else it may have occurred in California at (760) 776-1810.
