{"id":1074,"date":"2022-02-23T16:04:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/the-difference-between-an-accidental-death-and-a-wrongful-death\/"},"modified":"2022-02-23T16:04:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:04:43","slug":"the-difference-between-an-accidental-death-and-a-wrongful-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/the-difference-between-an-accidental-death-and-a-wrongful-death\/","title":{"rendered":"The Difference Between an Accidental Death and a Wrongful Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Difference Between an Accidental Death and a Wrongful Death<\/a><\/h1>\n

When a loved one dies due to an accident, it\u2019s a tragic event. But if someone other than the deceased is responsible for the accident, it may be time to call a lawyer<\/a> and seek justice.<\/p>\n

If the death is classified as an accident, that\u2019s means no one can be held responsible, and there are no criminal charges or civil lawsuits to pursue. On the other hand, if the same accident occurred because someone else was negligent, and the tragedy could have been prevented, that\u2019s considered a wrongful death<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For example, if your loved one ran through a red light and was struck and killed by another vehicle, that\u2019s an accident. But if the other driver ran the red light and struck and killed your loved one, that\u2019s a wrongful death, and the driver can be held liable. You can file a lawsuit seeking compensation for the pain and suffering<\/a> your loved one experience, and for financial and emotional scars you and your family suffer.<\/p>\n

The Tennessee<\/a> and Arkansas<\/a> statute of limitations to file a lawsuit for wrongful death is\u00a0only one year from the date of the incident. This means you must act quickly to hire a\u00a0wrongful death attorney to represent you or you may lose all rights to a settlement even\u00a0if you are very likely to win.<\/p>\n

In Mississippi<\/a>, the\u00a0wrongful death\u00a0claim must be filed within three years of the date of\u00a0death.<\/p>\n

The Cochran Law Firm of the Mid-South<\/a> can help you find justice and closure after a wrongful death<\/a>. Call us today at 901-523-1222<\/a> for a free case consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Difference Between an Accidental Death and a Wrongful Death When a loved one dies due to an accident, it\u2019s a tragic event. But if someone other than the deceased is responsible for the accident, it may be time to call a lawyer and seek justice. If the death is classified as an accident, that\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":1075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1267,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions\/1267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}