Hausmann McNally

How can a trusted lawyer help me?

If you have hired a trusted lawyer, you can tell him or her anything. All communications with your lawyer are confidential. You can expect your attorney to help you in every way with your claim against those responsible for this tragic incident. Depending on the particular requirements of your case, your trusted lawyer from our firm will do many or all of these things for you:

1. Listen to your full account of the incident
2. Ask you everything you know about the tragic incident and how it happened
3. Answer ALL of your questions in a way you can understand
4. Interview members of your family and friends regarding the effect of the wrongful death on you and your family
5. Identify the appropriate insurance company and/or policies under which your claims can be made
6. Prepare all of the paper work and lead you through the entire process of making your claim
7. File claims with insurance companies
8. Document claims to insurance companies
9. Coordinate payment of medical bills with private health insurance
10. Keep in regular contact with insurance companies
11. Obtain all important police and investigative reports
12. Evaluate all important police and investigative reports
13. Obtain ambulance reports related to the incident
14. Evaluate ambulance reports
15. Photograph the scene of the incident
16. Photograph the vehicle that was involved in the incident
17. Photograph all damage done to property
18. Evaluate the fair market value/replacement cost of damaged property
19. Find the precise object or vehicle which caused the wrongful death
20. Analyze the precise object and/or vehicle which caused the wrongful death
21. Locate weather and lighting condition reports regarding the incident.
22. Evaluate weather and lighting condition reports regarding the incident
23. Diagram the scene of the incident
24. Locate witnesses to the incident
25. Interview all witnesses to the incident
26. Locate all important hospital records and emergency room reports
27. Obtain all important hospital records and emergency room reports
28. Evaluate all important hospital records and emergency room reports
29. Locate all important doctors’ and nurses’ reports
30. Obtain all important doctors’ and nurses’ reports
31. Examine all important doctors’ and nurses’ reports
32. Analyze all important doctors’ and nurses’ reports
33. Locate medical x-rays and other internal body images
34. Examine medical x-rays and other internal body images
35. Locate medical laboratory reports
36. Obtain medical laboratory reports
37. Examine medical laboratory reports
38. Analyze medical laboratory reports
39. Interview nurses who tended to the deceased
40. Interview medical laboratory personnel who conducted tests related to the deceased’s medical condition
41. Obtain prescription records and bills
42. Control authorizations for release of medical information to outside parties
43. Investigate the background and circum stances of the persons who caused the wrongful death
44. Obtain drug and alcohol laboratory reports of the defendant’s condition at the time of the incident
45. Analyze all drug and alcohol laboratory reports relative to the defendant’s condition at and prior to the incident.
46. Identify and study books, texts, and journals which contain vital information about complex medical and technical issues related to your claim
47. Locate medical texts and treatises relevant to the cause of death
48. Evaluate medical texts and treatises relevant to the cause of death
49. Consult regulatory law books to find the newest and best regulations which support your claim
50. Study weekly serial reporting services to find the newest and best laws which support your claim
51. Attend regular legal seminars to keep upto date on the latest aspects of the law related to your case
52. Represent you in settlement conferences
53. Negotiate with insurance companies
54. Discuss and negotiate private health insurance subrogation claims
55. Interview, in the presence of an official court reporter, key participants in the incident which resulted in the wrongful death
56. Interview, in the presence of an official court reporter, key witnesses to the incident which resulted in the wrongful death
57. Interview the deceased’s employer
58. Obtain wage-loss information and prepare and calculate future lost wages as a result of the wrongful death
59. Gather/assist in obtaining prior tax information necessary to support lost earnings claims
60. Retain economists to evaluate lost earning capacity of the deceased
61. Calculate economic impact of lost services to the survivors and the family of the deceased
62. Calculate economic losses of services provided to you by the deceased
63. Analyze family issues in regards to the love, support, society and companionship lost to you as a result of the wrongful death
64. Utilize all court-sanctioned discovery procedures on your behalf
65. Issue subpoenas for the deposition of witnesses
66. Issue subpoenas for the production of relevant medical records
67. Issue subpoenas for the production of documents and objects relevant to the case
68. Subpoena witnesses for depositions
69. Depose witnesses
70. Depose those accused of causing the wrongful death
71. Prepare you for testifying in depositions
72. Make summaries of depositions
73. Analyze depositions
74. Draft formal court complaints detailing your claims and asking the court to award you money as compensation for your losses
75. Consult with you about key issues and options in your case
76. Explain to you key issues and options in your case
77. Advise you of the probable consequences of choosing various options open to you in your case
78. Study weekly case law advance sheets to find the newest and best case law which supports your claim
79. Consult case law sources to find the newest and best case law which supports your claim
80. Consult statutory law to find the newest and best laws which support your claim
81. Protect you from making inaccurate or incomplete statements which may hurt your case
82. File questions, (interrogatories), which the person who caused the wrongful death must answer
83. Collect all documents which might be used in evidence
84. Prepare subpoenas forcing persons to produce documents or evidence in official proceedings
85. Prepare subpoenas forcing witnesses to appear in official court proceedings
86. Obtain court orders forcing recalcitrant parties to produce documents, evidence, and examinations, and/or persons
87. Prepare witnesses for appearances in court
88. Prepare you for testifying in court
89. Identify experts who can testify about complex medical and technical issues related to your claim
90. Interview experts who can testify about complex financial, medical and technical issues related to your claim
91. Index all evidence
92. Prepare evidence to support your claim
93. Draft and file court motions
94. File motions asking the court to take actions in your favor
95. Write briefs supporting pre-trial motions on your behalf
96. Write briefs opposing pre-trial motions made against you by the defendant
97. Represent you in pre-trial conferences with the judge
98. Voir dire potential jurors in your case
99. Challenge jurors who might be prejudiced against your case
100. Research the law on jury instructions related to your case
101. Hire artists for technical diagrams
102. Prepare court exhibit diagrams to explain technical items to jurors, judges, and other decision-makers
103. Catalog exhibits which might be introduced as evidence at trial
104. Write formal demands for inspections issued to the persons responsible for the wrongful death
105. Appear in court and advocate your rights in all judicial proceedings
106. Prepare an opening trial statement which forcefully tells the jury your side of the evidence
107. Defend you against unjust and untruthful assertions made by the opposing side
108. Object to improper evidence and procedures which might harm your case at trial
109. Cross-examine witnesses who testify against you
110. Prepare a closing trial argument which persuasively argues to the jury the evidence in your favor