When a preventable death touches a Clovis family, the questions arrive before the grief has room to settle. Our team can explain what California wrongful death law allows.
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Claim it before someone else doesClovis recorded one traffic death in 2025, alongside 356 injury collisions across the city. For the family behind that one, the number is everything. Wrongful death claims in Fresno County are not only about crashes on Shaw Avenue or Herndon Avenue; a fatal fall at a job site, a medication error, or a defective product can also give rise to a claim. Under California law, the right to bring that claim belongs first to a surviving spouse or domestic partner and to the children; certain dependents and heirs may qualify when there is no one in that first group. The clock runs two years from the date of death, and it moves faster when a city, county, or state agency is involved. What can be recovered includes funeral and burial expenses, the financial support your loved one would have provided, and the loss of their love, companionship, and guidance. We handle wrongful death cases on contingency, so asking questions does not add another bill.
California limits wrongful death standing to a spouse or domestic partner and children first, then certain dependents and heirs. We can tell you quickly whether you are in that group.
Most families have two years from the date of death, but claims against a government entity carry a much shorter window. Getting started early keeps that door open.
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Funeral and burial costs matter, but so do lost financial support and the loss of love, companionship, and guidance. We handle these cases on contingency, so there is no fee unless there is a recovery.
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