Suing For The Loss Of A Child In An Auto Accident

Parents often place money into life insurance policies for themselves, with the intent of making their children the benefactors in the event that the parents die suddenly. What they never (or very rarely) do is create life insurance policies for their children. It is the natural assumption of all parents that they will pass away before their children do, not the other way around. 

Yet, there are any number of children every year that die from unexpected events, placing their shocked and grieving parents in an unusual position. Worst of all are the funeral expenses that these parents have to pay on top of their grief. One of the most common ways that children die before their parents is in an auto accident. Auto accident attorneys and truck wreck attorneys have seen their fair share of these cases, and they are the hardest cases of all to represent. If you have recently lost a child in an auto or truck accident, here is how you should pursue a lawsuit. 

If You or a Close Relative Were Not the Driver, Sue the Driver

Suing family is not a good idea. It will not help your case, and it will not help hold your family together at a very sad and trying time. However, if your child was riding in a vehicle with a non-family member who caused the accident, you can feel free to sue that person. It will not bring your child back, but it will help with the funeral expenses.

If a Truck Driver Was Involved, Sue the Driver and the Trucking Company

Trucks on the road are naturally impervious to receiving much damage. Their drivers are rarely injured, and both truck and driver are capable of flattening almost any other vehicle on the road. Suing the driver is a good start, but you should also sue the company for which the driver drives, since it is the company that put this truck and driver on the road and, by extension, caused the accident. 

Ask for Twenty Thousand Dollars a Year for Every Year of Your Child's Life That He/She Will Never Get to Live

Let's say that your child was eight in this accident. The average lifespan is eighty years. That is seventy-two years that your family will be without a child, a daughter or son, a sibling, a niece/nephew, a grandchild, etc.. Nothing can prepare a family for that, and nothing can give that child back to you. Yet, twenty grand for each lost year of that child's entire life adds up almost one-and-a-half million dollars. That much will help you protect and care for your remaining children. 

Make sure to consult with auto accident attorneys to make sure you get all the information you need.