{"id":145,"date":"2016-12-09T14:45:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T19:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.206\/~neuberge\/?page_id=145"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:44:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:44:02","slug":"wrongful-death","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/neubergerlawllc.com\/staging\/3288\/serious-injuries-death\/wrongful-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrongful Death Claims. How Can You Value A Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWrongful Death Claims. How Can You Value A Life? \n\t\t\t<\/h1 > \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
The sudden death of your mother, father, sister or brother is one of the worst things that can happen in life, especially when the death was because someone wasn’t paying attention. \u00a0All too often drunk men and women\u00a0decide they are “fine to drive” instead of taking an inexpensive Uber or Lyft ride home. \u00a0Companies employing commercial drivers allow legally blind, unhealthy, sleepy, or drunk people drive 80,000 pound killing machines. \u00a0Some companies have even set numbers of “acceptable” collisions or deaths per month. \u00a0Then the driver refuses to accept responsibility when they kill someone. \u00a0The surviving family members are left to deal with\u00a0depression, grief, and those painful flash memories caused by seeing or doing the little things the missing person\u00a0enjoyed or did. \u00a0The survivors are forced to continue living with a permanent hole in their lives.

Compensation For Fatal Accidents<\/strong> | Call Neuberger Law, LLC, At 678-766-1700<\/p>

Lawyers and courts\u00a0cannot bring back a family member or ease the pain of their\u00a0loss. \u00a0The only remedy we have is financial compensation. \u00a0But how do you value a life?<\/p>

Georgia law allows for what is called a “wrongful death claim.” \u00a0The claim is held by the surviving spouse, who divides any monetary compensation with surviving children. \u00a0When the deceased is unmarried, then the surviving children hold the claim. \u00a0Whoever pursues the claim is entitled to the “full value of the life of the deceased,” from the deceased persons perspective. \u00a0But how much is it worth to have one more breath? \u00a0What is the dollar value of being able to see your son or daughter graduate from high school, go to college, or get married? \u00a0How much is enough to entice someone to allow themselves to be killed instead of growing old with their family? \u00a0What would a person say if you walked up to them on the street and say:<\/p>

I’m going to run you down with my tractor-trailer. \u00a0The truck will hit you so hard you are literally thrown out of your shoes and 50 feet down the street. I’m going to kill you and you will never again enjoy the smell of fresh baked bread. \u00a0You will never again sit over dinner and laugh with your wife and kids about the silly things they did that day. \u00a0But the good news is, I’ll write you a check to let me kill you. \u00a0How much do you want?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>

No one would accept that offer, but that is precisely what juries have to determine when they render a verdict in a wrongful death case.<\/p>

Over the years we have helped a number of families torn apart because of deaths from truck and car crashes caused by:<\/p>