Wrongful Death Lawyer in Louisville
When someone else's negligence or reckless behavior causes a family member's death, the victim's surviving family members may be entitled to bring a "wrongful death" claim. Medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and neglect, car, truck, and motorcycle accidents, electrocution accidents, workplace and construction accidents, burn accidents, and slip and fall accidents can all result in death, and be the grounds for filing a Kentucky wrongful death claim.KRS 411.130 governs Kentucky wrongful death actions. It requires that a decedent's family, or the representatives of the deceased person's estate, prosecute a wrongful death claim against the corporation or person who caused the victim's death. Kentucky statutory and case law allows a wrongful death victim's family to recover monetary damages for the destruction of the deceased family member's ability to earn money, funeral and burial expenses, and love and companionship. In some instances, a wrongful death victim's family may be entitled to punitive damages.
