When a death in Sand City was caused by someone else's carelessness, your family has a right to answers and to be heard. We can help you understand your options at no cost.
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Claim it before someone else doesSand City is small — a few hundred residents between the dunes and Highway 1 — and a death here is felt on every block. For 2025, the most recent final crash year, the public record shows no injury collisions and no traffic deaths. Even so, Sand City families face sudden loss: on SR-1 or its southbound lanes, on California Avenue during the Wednesday morning commute, at work, or in a hospital elsewhere in Monterey County. California treats wrongful death as a civil action, separate from any criminal case. Only certain people may bring the claim — a spouse or domestic partner and children first, then specific dependents and heirs — and it generally must be filed within two years of the death, sooner when a government entity is involved. Recoverable losses include funeral and burial costs, lost financial support, and the love, companionship and guidance that cannot be replaced. We handle wrongful death claims on contingency — you pay no fee unless we recover for you.
A surviving spouse or domestic partner and children have the first right to file; certain dependents and heirs may follow. We can confirm who in your family is eligible before anything is filed.
You generally have two years from the date of death, but if a public agency — say, the one responsible for a stretch of SR-1 — is involved, the window closes much sooner. Early guidance protects that timeline.
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*No attorney's fee unless there is a recovery. The client may be responsible for court costs and case expenses.
California allows recovery of burial costs, the financial support your loved one would have provided, and the loss of love, companionship and guidance. A civil claim proceeds independently of any criminal prosecution.
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