If you are reading this, you may be facing the hardest days of your life. You do not have to decide anything today. When you are ready, we will sit down with you, listen to what happened, and explain your options in plain terms, at no cost to you.
A wrongful death claim cannot bring your loved one back. What it can do is ease the financial strain on your family, cover what the loss has cost and will cost in the years ahead, and make sure the people responsible are held to account. Pruitt & Pruitt has stood with Anderson families through these cases since 1948.
Wrongful death claims we handle
- Car crashes
- Truck, motorcycle and other vehicle accidents
- Drunk driving crashes
- Construction and workplace accidents
- Medication errors and other medical mistakes
- Nursing home abuse or neglect
- Defective products
- Fires, explosions and electrocutions
How a wrongful death case works in South Carolina
South Carolina law allows two kinds of claims after a death caused by negligence. A wrongful death claim is for the family. It covers what the family has lost, such as financial support, companionship and the grief of the loss. A survival claim is for what your loved one went through before death, such as medical bills and any pain they suffered.
Both claims are brought by the personal representative of the estate, the executor or administrator. If no one has been appointed yet, we can help with that step through the probate court. Any recovery on the wrongful death claim goes to the family members the law names, such as a spouse and children.
Accounting for what your family has lost
A fair recovery looks at both the present and the future. We account for medical and funeral expenses already paid, the income your loved one would have earned, the support and care they gave the family, and the costs the family will carry in the years ahead. When the case calls for it, we work with economists to put a clear number on those losses.
We handle the details so you can grieve
We investigate what happened, gather the records, deal with the insurance companies, and keep you informed at every step. You will always know where your case stands. We handle wrongful death cases on a contingency fee, so there is no attorney fee unless we recover for your family.
