Pre-settlement funding for wrongful death plaintiffs.
Non-recourse advances for surviving family members with pending wrongful death claims. Financial support while your attorney pursues accountability.
Wrongful death cases are brought by surviving family members — typically a spouse, children, or parents — following the death of a loved one caused by another party's negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct. These cases often involve auto accidents, workplace incidents, medical malpractice, or criminal acts. The financial pressure on surviving families is acute: they have lost a source of income while facing funeral expenses, ongoing living costs, and the stress of litigation.
Not every claim is a fit for funding. The factors below are the ones our underwriting team weighs most heavily when evaluating this case type. Meeting them does not guarantee approval, but it indicates a claim well-suited for a pre-settlement advance.
Wrongful death underwriting confirms the applicant's standing under the governing state statute and evaluates the liability theory against the available coverage. We assess the strength of the causation evidence linking the defendant's conduct to the death, then model the expected recovery — which reflects the decedent's earnings, the survivors' losses, and the jurisdiction's wrongful death damages framework — using outcome data for comparable cases.
Wrongful death cases typically take 18 to 36 months, longer where liability is contested or multiple defendants are involved.