If you are pursuing a wrongful death lawsuit in the name of a loved one, you are going to need to prevent evidence to prove your case and back-up your claims. Your evidence is going to need to demonstrate three different elements in order for your case to have the highest chance of success. It is important to note that this is not all evidence that you need to provide; your attorney will have legal power to request evidence and will gather the necessary evidence to prove the three points below.
#1 What Exactly Happened
The first thing that your evidence is going to need to prove is what exactly happened to your loved one. If your loved one was involved in an industrial accident, for example, you are going to want video and witness testimony …show more content…
Or, another reliable witness would be the first responders who were called into the accident scene; their observations at that time can help establish what happened. A witness is not necessarily someone who saw the accident, it can be people who were knowledgeable about, continuing the example, the installation and maintenance surrounding the scaffolding. These witnesses may be employees of the company your loved one worked for, or they may be inspectors that checked out the work site.
Witnesses in wrongful death cases are individuals who are knowledgable about the equipment your loved on was working on, as well as maintenance of that equipment; they do not have to have actually seen the accident to be able to provide valuable testimony.
With industrial accidents, it is often more about showing the conditions that lead up to the accident, and not just about the actual accident itself. With industrial accidents, there are generally multiple layers of government oversight that are supposed to be in place. Your attorney can request all the documentation that the government oversight should provide; even a lack of evidence in this area can be evidence that the right oversight was not taken to protect your loved …show more content…
There is a variety of different types of evidence that could prove this. The observations of other workers on the site could be used to show the right safety precautions were not taken. Or the paperwork and records that the company keeps concerning the equipment may be used to prove that guidelines were not followed. Government inspections of the equipment, or lack of appropriate inspections, could also be used to show liability.
It is important to remember that multiple parties may be held liable for your loved one's death in an industrial accident, including the company your loved one worked for, the company that inspected and maintained the equipment that malfunctioned and any company or organizations that was responsible for inspecting the equipment.
You need to make sure that your evidence either demonstrates that the defendant(s) was negligent or acted in an intentional manner that lead to your loved one's
#1 What Exactly Happened
The first thing that your evidence is going to need to prove is what exactly happened to your loved one. If your loved one was involved in an industrial accident, for example, you are going to want video and witness testimony …show more content…
Or, another reliable witness would be the first responders who were called into the accident scene; their observations at that time can help establish what happened. A witness is not necessarily someone who saw the accident, it can be people who were knowledgeable about, continuing the example, the installation and maintenance surrounding the scaffolding. These witnesses may be employees of the company your loved one worked for, or they may be inspectors that checked out the work site.
Witnesses in wrongful death cases are individuals who are knowledgable about the equipment your loved on was working on, as well as maintenance of that equipment; they do not have to have actually seen the accident to be able to provide valuable testimony.
With industrial accidents, it is often more about showing the conditions that lead up to the accident, and not just about the actual accident itself. With industrial accidents, there are generally multiple layers of government oversight that are supposed to be in place. Your attorney can request all the documentation that the government oversight should provide; even a lack of evidence in this area can be evidence that the right oversight was not taken to protect your loved …show more content…
There is a variety of different types of evidence that could prove this. The observations of other workers on the site could be used to show the right safety precautions were not taken. Or the paperwork and records that the company keeps concerning the equipment may be used to prove that guidelines were not followed. Government inspections of the equipment, or lack of appropriate inspections, could also be used to show liability.
It is important to remember that multiple parties may be held liable for your loved one's death in an industrial accident, including the company your loved one worked for, the company that inspected and maintained the equipment that malfunctioned and any company or organizations that was responsible for inspecting the equipment.
You need to make sure that your evidence either demonstrates that the defendant(s) was negligent or acted in an intentional manner that lead to your loved one's