If you are a close family member of the deceased, then there is a good chance you can. In New Jersey, the surviving spouse, children, grandchildren, parents, or other close family members or dependents of a person who dies in a pedestrian traffic accident will often have the right to file a wrongful death lawsuit seeking damages.
Those damages may include the cost of your loved one’s medical treatment before death, the loss of financial support provided by your loved one, and expenses related to the death such as funeral and burial costs.
The legal representative of a loved one’s estate may also have the right to take legal action on behalf of the estate seeking damages that your loved one would have had the right to recover, had the death not occurred.
To learn more about your and your family’s rights after losing a loved one in a tragic Atlantic City pedestrian accident, contact an experienced pedestrian accident and wrongful death attorney right away.