Wrongful Death

Where Can You Turn for Help After a Deadly Accident?

If a member of your family died a wrongful death, you may have the right to recover financial compensation for damages. The attorneys of Tom Rhodes Law Firm P.C. represent family members of those who died in deadly accidents caused by the negligence of another.

Our law firm treats clients with compassion and respect while we aggressively pursue full compensation for damages. We do everything we can to make take the burden from your shoulders and make this difficult time a bit easier.

Why Pursue a Wrongful Death Case?

A wrongful death lawsuit is one way to hold those who caused your loved one's death responsible. Large verdicts and settlements in wrongful death cases can encourage changes that may prevent deadly accidents from injuring or killing other innocent people.

Taking legal action after a wrongful death is also a way to help those left behind survive financially. When the primary breadwinner in the family dies in a fatal car accident, for example, we pursue damages including the loss of the person's financial contribution to the family.

A wrongful death action is brought by a family member. In Texas, a parent, spouse or child may be eligible to recover damages in a wrongful death lawsuit or a survival action.

What Damages Can Be Recovered?

Damages include compensation for the loss of companionship and mental anguish caused by the death. In addition a spouse may also recover compensation for the loss of the decedent's financial contribution to the family and other services the person would have performed. A child may be compensated for the loss of the training, advice and education the parent would likely have provided.

What's a Survival Action?

A survival action is a separate legal action taken to obtain compensation for the decedent's physical pain, suffering, property damage and medical expenses prior to death.

Our wrongful death lawyers have represented survivors of drowning victims, burn injury victims and people who died in a wide range of other fatal accidents.

Contact the attorneys of Tom Rhodes Law Firm P.C. to arrange a free consultation about your case. From offices in San Antonio, we represent clients in south Texas, throughout the state and across the nation.