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Wrongful Death

Wrongful Death Attorney Omaha NE

If you’ve lost a loved one due to someone else’s negligence, you might have a strong foundation for a wrongful death lawsuit. If you have a case, you could be entitled to receive generous compensation that will help you cover the cost of medical bills, funeral expenses, and lost income.

Wrongful Death Attorney Near Me

Losing a loved one is a terrible experience, but it’s even worse when their death was preventable. Too often, negligence and misconduct result in fatal accidents and survivors are left to pick up the pieces. Most pursue a wrongful death lawsuit to recover compensation for their losses like funeral costs, lost income, and lost companionship.

What is a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?

A wrongful death lawsuit is a legal claim to hold someone liable for another person’s death. Generally, a wrongful death lawsuit is filed when someone’s actions, usually negligence, result in someone else’s death.

Fatal Work Accident

Nobody wants to think about the possibility of experiencing a fatal work accident, but they can and do happen more often than we think. Many times these accidents are due to neglect on the part of the employer, with unsafe conditions that have gone unnoticed or ignored.

Vehicle Accidents

If you drive a motor vehicle, you’re required to carry insurance in order to protect yourself from financial liability if you’re found at fault in any vehicle accidents. The insurance companies charge you a premium every month that you must pay in order to legally drive.

Wrongful Death Lawsuits

A Wrongful Death claim is a lawsuit filed when someone’s death is caused by the negligence or misconduct of another party. For example, a Wrongful Death claim might be filed against a car company who manufactured parts that malfunctioned, resulting in the death of a person or people. Other common Wrongful Death suits can include cases against someone convicted of murder, a negligent medical facility and even medical malpractice in a hospital.

What Our Clients Say

At High & Younes, LLC, every case is treated with the importance it deserves—because for our clients, a work injury, car accident, slip and fall, divorce, or child support matter can be life-changing. Our attorneys are committed to going the extra mile, providing compassionate support and aggressive representation to help our clients protect their future and regain peace of mind.

Your case matters to us because it matters to you—and we fight tirelessly to achieve the best outcome possible.

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Your Questions About The Law

What is the political subdivision Tort Claims Act and should I care?

The short answer is yes, you should care because it’s going to affect the statute of limitations on your claim. It’s important to define what a political subdivision is that way, you know where your claim lies.

A subdivision is city, county, villages, schools, certain administrative agencies. All those are treated under the act differently. Now, if you do sustain an injury or an accident with one of those individuals that I’ve named, then you have one year from the date of your injury to file a written notice, written claim to that subdivision. If you don’t, then your claim is forever barred. Read More

How long will my personal injury claim or lawsuit take?

That depends on you, specifically in regards to the length of time it takes for your injuries to improve, how long it takes to get to a point where we can reasonably determine what your future looks like, what additional medical care you require, the cost of such medical care and what permanent restrictions or impairments you have. Read More

Should I take an insurance company’s first offer?

The answer to that is almost universally no. The reason for that is the insurance companies like to get in early and offer you a lowball offer in the hopes that they can get you to sign a release of liability waiver. Once that happens, you’re out of luck.

The reason that they send these lowball offers is because you haven’t had a chance yet to properly evaluate your claim. You might still be treating, you might need future medical. There’s also the possibility that you’ve been permanently damaged and you need a doctor to assess that. Read More

What is maximum medical improvement?

Maximum medical improvement or MMI is the point in your injury where you’re about as good as you’re going to get which means you’re not likely to get much better and you’re not likely to get much worse.

It doesn’t mean that you’re all the way better and so for that reason, maximum medical improvement is the point at which your permanent disability benefits are determined. Read More

What is my workers’ compensation claim worth?

In order to answer that question, we have to know the specific facts of your case. A lot of factors go into the value of a workers’ compensation case.

First of all, money benefits that are paid to you are based on your wages before the accident. That amount is used then to determine both your temporary disability benefits and your permanent disability benefits. Read More

Can a child custody order be modified?

Yes, it can. In order to modify a child custody order, you have to show what’s called a material change in circumstances.

Now, simply stated what that means is something has to happen. An unanticipated change that if the judge or the parties knew about it when they made the original order, they would have decided differently. Read More

How long do I have to bring a personal injury claim to court?

Well, it depends on two things.

First of all, who are you suing and second of all, what are you suing them for? If it’s just general negligence and you’re suing a private person or corporation, it’s four years from the date of accrual of the claim or the date of the accident. Read More

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