Losing a loved one unexpectedly comes with not only a tremendous amount of heartache and shock but the search for answers. At Mendez Isaac Joudi, we are here to help you find closure as we represent you in seeking justice for the loss of your family member, spouse, child, or friend.
Wrongful Deaths often occur as a result of any of the following:
On the job accidents
Trucking
Construction
Serious Injuries
Fatal Drunk Driving
Fatal Trucking Accidents
Train Accidents
Oilfield Accidents
Product Liability
Traumatic Brain Injury
Trench Collapse
There is no compensation that could ever ease the tragedy you are facing right now of losing a loved one. Compensation for this wrongful death can help you navigate through this time without the worry of how you will pay for things, including your mortgage and other daily expenses incurred by your family. Some items that you may be able to obtain compensation for include:
Funeral and burial
Expenses incurred for hospital, other medical care, and treatment as a result of the accident causing death.
Anticipated future income based on your loved one’s education level, profession, age, and other significant considerations
Mental anguish, depression, sadness that comes as a result of losing your loved one’s companionship.
Loss of care for you, if your loved one was the person who provided you your own care.
What steps do you take next?
This is a very challenging and emotional time as many will try to take advantage of your situation. It is important to have an attorney that will help you navigate through the demands of insurance companies who are representing the person or organization who is responsible for the death of your love one. It is very likely that they may want to settle with you for a much lower amount almost immediately. And while you may feel the pressure to take the amount they offer you, it is important you speak to us as soon as possible before speaking to anyone associated with the opposing insurance company.
Also critical to your wrongful death case, is making sure that you do not discard any information that will help us show your loved one’s present and past income, such as pay stubs and tax returns. Please do not discard anything that credits your loved one’s accomplishments such as certifications, diplomas, college degrees. Also important to save are any medical records and any evidence related to how the accident happened.
Police, other agents or law enforcement will investigate accidents and provide a report that will identify normal violations outside of the root cause. It is important that you consult with us as soon as possible so that we can begin an independent investigation that will allow us to more thoroughly explore what happened. They will document and take images of things that may not be noticeable to the average person.
On the Job Accidents
It is important to know your rights as it relates to being injured at work. Mendez, Isaac Joudi can help you even if your work accident happened outside of Texas or New Mexico. Laws in Texas may provide compensation to an injured worker or the family of a deceased employee. A licensed attorney will help you navigate through the difficult issues and fight for you against the company neglecting their obligation for providing a safe work environment and causing the injury or death.
Injury in the work place can happen in any environment. This includes a general office, but especially work environments that involve large operating equipment or conditions that are dangerous. These environments pose a threat for the possibility of higher life-threatening injuries. If you or a loved one find yourself in this situation, please call us the earliest you can after the accident takes place.
Trucking Accidents
Being involved in a trucking accident can be both complicated and distressing. Mendez Isaac Joudi can help you navigate which companies may be responsible for the accident. Our law firm will investigate the complexities involved with all of the various regulations that the transportation and trucking industry is obliged to.
Serious injuries and death can come from accidents involving semi’s or 18-wheelers. These type of accidents can leave injuries that the victims will have to deal with for the rest of their lives, including pain and suffering. You are entitled to compensation if you have experienced:
Death
Head or brain injuries
Spinal cord injuries
Broken bones
Lost or severed limbs, and neck, back or spine injuries.
Construction Accidents
Labor intensive jobs such as construction work have some kind of risk involved. Construction sites themselves can present dangers to those who work on the sites, and even passer-bys. Often, general contractors and their associates do not take the correct actions to ensure the safety of those in and around the construction site as set by standard industry regulations. Such neglect puts employees and the public in danger of suffering death and personal injuries.
Contractors can attempt to bully you into not reporting the accident that has taken place at the construction site. Employees can endure harassment or be threatened with being fired if they report an accident or injury. Insurance companies will also deny paying for the carelessness of the contractor or employer. They may even go to the lengths of trying to get you to admit that you are to blame for what happened. Before speaking to any insurance company, consider calling our office so that we can provide you the necessary direction. Mendez Isaac Joudi is here to help you.
Some examples of personal injury and death that have occurred at construction sites due to negligence are:
Defective equipment and machinery failures
Exposure to toxic fumes and chemicals
Electrocution
Faulty flooring and roofs
Improper guarded tools and/or machines
Inadequate PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
Scaffolding collapses
Unsafe/misuse of ladders
Vehicle and pedestrian accidents on site
Serious injuries
Serious injuries come with many complications, both on a personal and professional. These type of injuries are life altercating and require the skill of attorneys who are experienced in this case type. Mendez Isaac Joudi has the experience that can help you hold those responsible accountable for what has happened to you or your loved one. Not only do these type of injuries affect you, but also those you love.
Serious injuries include, but are not limited to broken bones and fractures, burns, loss of limbs, and neck, back and spine injuries.
Fatal Drunk Driving
Someone’s poor choice to drive after drinking excessively is unfortunately the result of many fatalities, including those who are close to us and whom we love. It could be a family member, a close friend, a co-worker. Our law firm has the expertise associated with helping the survivors of such tragic deaths by not only providing direction but holding the responsible parties accountable. We will use all our resources available to us to find resolution for this irrational loss. In many cases, it is not only the driver who caused the accident but also possibly those who supplied the alcohol that caused the fatal accident. This list of people may include the people hosting parties, bars or restaurants. If the person who caused the accident is underage, the person who supplied the alcohol may also face serious fines and charges. Putting others at risk at the stake of others having a good time is not something that we take lightly. Mendez Isaac Joudi will help you hold accountable those who are at fault.
Train Accidents
There are many reasons why train accidents happen, sometimes at the fault of what cannot be seen by the human eye. This area of injury and wrongful death is one where Mendez Isaac Joudi can help you navigate through the complexity of the case that could involve a derailment, a train-vehicle collision, a crossing accident, or hazardous material. Negligence by the railroad company or its employees, and also the governmental agency that oversees the railroad industry or manufacturers can also be the cause of death or injury.
Trains accidents could include passenger trains, subways, freight trains and others. Call our office as soon as possible for a free consultation on your train accident. We are here to help.
Oilfield Accidents
The causes of oil rig accidents or those in the oil field are many. Tragically, employees suffer personal injuries and sometimes death as a result of negligence. Injuries from falls and collapsed rigs and defective products, include, but are not limited to, traumatic brain injuries and amputation or disfiguration of limbs and other body parts.
Accidents are often times due to:
Inadequate communication in safety procedures and training
Failure to comply with safety standards and procedures
Carelessness in training all employees correctly
Failure to train visitors on site
Not replacing or maintaining faulty equipment
Inadequately maintaining and inspecting equipment
Unsuitable construction of equipment
Failure to properly construct safety items such as frames, rails and steps
Unsuitable pipes and lines with cracks and fissures and other fluid transporation such as tanks, truck, etc
Improper storage of hazardous materials
Failure to provide correct personal protective equipment
Not providing correct and working fire equipment
Not properly citing violation
Improper job training
Product Liability
Personal injuries, and sometimes death, can many times be at the hands of faulty and defective products. In such cases, a specific set of laws can place responsibility on those who are part of the design and making, and selling of the products. Product liability law sets an expectation that products are designed and manufactured to be safe for every consumer. When the product is not safe and causes injury or death, the product liability law allows for the victim or survivors of the victim to retrieve compensation for such damages, including loss of income, pain and suffering, mental anguish, and other areas. Those held accountable for the unsafe and faulty product may include:
the seller, distributor or store that sold the product
the wholesaler
the manufacturer
the manufacturer of components
the designers
the inspectors
Traumatic Brain Injury
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can completely alter the life of the person injured, as well as the person’s family or spouse by placing an unexpected weight of caring for the individual for life. What once was simple and easy to do is now difficult and complex. Areas impacted through TBI include motor skills, cognitive skills, verbal communication, and other abilities.
Critical to note is that signs of TBI may not be noticed right away. Symptoms may appear days, weeks or even months later. It is important to lean on the side of caution by sharing any differences in behavior or physical appearance after the trauma has occurred. A series of specialized exams and scans will determine whether or not someone has suffered a traumatic brain injury. Our team of attorneys will help navigate you through the process of what steps will best serve you in such a case. Mendez Isaac Joudi can help you secure compensation for:
medical costs
rehabilitation
lost income
reduced earnings
pain and suffering
mental anguish
Trench Collapse
Construction sites with large projects, but those particular with new buildings, will allow for trenches and excavations to be in place. Laying pipe and cable are perfect examples of where you may find a trench, and the carelessness of not having it constructed properly may result in injuries and unnecessary death. Trench collapses are a leading type of death at construction sites as soil can weight up to 3,000 lbs per cubic yard. Crushing injuries and even suffocation can be endured by a victim due to faulty construction of equipment or lack of. OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) has made the prevention of trench collapse accidents and one of its leading initiatives for decades.