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We lost my dad after he had surgery to repair a broken arm. A blot clot had formed in his leg. When it broke free and traveled to his lungs, he was dead within minutes. This happened two days before Christmas.
Christmas obviously was horrible, and having gifts from him to everyone under the tree made it so much more difficult. Attending my father's funeral on the day after Christmas was extremely difficult.
My grandmother (on my father's side) then died 2 weeks later. Her burial plot was about 30 yards from my father's. I had to relive the whole event over again.
Given the circumstance surrounding my father's death, we decided to contact a personal friend who was a personal injury attorney. I knew him well enough to know that he wasn't the type to chase money. The impetus for contacting him was the callous nature of the hospital's response to my father's death. Without getting into details, I'll just say it was shockingly unprofessional.
Anyway, the attorney reviewed all of the medical records and, regardless of whether he believed we could "get" any money, he believed that we shouldn't sue because of what it would do to the family.
I'm glad we didn't sue... time has made the loss easier to bear.
Lurkette, you've made the right decision. Money won't make things feel better. It wouldn't have come from the driver, anyway...it would have been his insurance company fighting it out.
As so many others have said, I'm sorry for your loss.
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