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Family is irreplaceable. To lose a family member under any circumstance is heartbreaking. However, a death that occurs due to someone else’s negligent or deliberately harmful actions is particularly devastating. If you have lost a member of your family to wrongful death, the New York personal injury attorneys at the law firm of Proner & Proner extend their deepest sympathies.

In legal terms, the phrase wrongful death refers to preventable deaths. In other words, if the person (or people) responsible for the death had acted as a reasonable person (or people) would under the same circumstances, the death would not have occurred. Under the law, those found to be responsible for wrongful death are liable for both the present and future losses and expenses incurred by the family as a result.

At Proner & Proner, we handle litigation involving all types of wrongful death on behalf of grieving New York families.

Wrongful Death as a Result of Medical Malpractice

Patients rely on physicians, surgeons, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to provide accurate diagnoses, appropriate treatment, and timely care. When these trusted professionals fail to do so and a patient dies as a result, the patient’s family may seek compensation by filing a wrongful death lawsuit in a New York court. Wrongful death cases can arise from any incident of medical malpractice, including:

• The misdiagnosis of or failure to diagnose, address, or treat a potentially serious condition such as cancer
• The failure to respond in a timely manner to heart attack or stroke symptoms
• Radiology errors that delay appropriate treatment
• Pharmacy and medication errors
• Psychiatric and mental health malpractice that results in a patient’s suicide
• Hospital errors, including surgical errors

Wrongful Death as a Result of Personal Injury

Wrongful death cases can also arise from an accident for which someone else is responsible, including:

• Car and trucking accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Slip-and-fall accidents that occur on someone else’s premises
• Construction and other worksite accidents
• The use of an unreasonably dangerous drug or other defective product

The attorneys of Proner & Proner have the experience and skill to handle any wrongful death case in the state of New York, whether resulting from medical malpractice or a personal injury accident.

Learn More about Wrongful Death

If you have lost a member of your family to the negligent or deliberately wrongful actions of someone else, we invite you to let our personal injury lawyers help you through this difficult time. Contact Proner & Proner to schedule a review of your wrongful death case at our New York law offices with one of our compassionate, experienced attorneys today.