What Are the First Steps DiBella Law Takes To Protect the Family’s Rights in a Wrongful Death Case?

In a wrongful death case, one of the very first things that DiBella Law will do in order to preserve your rights, is to look for evidence. We will find out where this happened. You will give us the information on where this happened. What we do is we send what’s called a preservation letter to anybody that we think might be responsible.

One of the most important things is if this happened in a facility or out on a sidewalk, is to preserve video evidence. Video can get written over in as little as 24 hours. We do try to get preservation letters out immediately. That is the very first step.

We’ll start investigating. If it’s a car accident, we’re going to go to the scene, we’re going to take a look at the road. One of the things that we do, especially in wrongful death, is we’ll track down witnesses and get witness statements. People misremember things, people forget things. So, we want to talk to people as soon as possible so that we can get the freshest memories.

But it’s important for us to see death certificate, autopsy, photographs of injuries. These aren’t fun things. These are, unfortunately, the facts of life when it comes to wrongful death.

Insurance companies are going to be coming after you. The adjusters are going to call, and you’re grieving, you’re sad, you don’t know what’s going on, maybe you haven’t talked with an attorney yet. Insurance companies are going to try to get you to say things that will diminish the responsibility of their insured. Wrongful death cases can be extremely taxing on an insurance company’s pocketbooks. So, they will do whatever they can in order to make their claim stronger and your claim weaker.

In wrongful death especially, one of the most important parts is maintaining evidence. So, even if you’re unsure about hiring an attorney, call us, because we’re going to walk you through the process. We’re going to tell you what to keep track of. You don’t have to hire us right away, but we can walk you through the process and tell you what’s most important.

We want to help you get the best result possible. But even if you don’t hire us right away, we’re going to keep track of you. You’re in our system, so that if you do call, even six months later, we can pull it up. We’ve got all your facts, and that way we can assist.