Wrongful death attorneys who stand with you.
Losing someone unexpectedly is one of life's most devastating experiences. When that loss is caused by someone else's negligence, it carries a particular weight, the knowledge that it did not have to happen.
At Gold & Gold, P.A., we represent the families left behind. For more than forty years, our trial team has pursued accountability in cases involving fatal car and truck crashes, medical errors, workplace tragedies, negligent security, and other preventable deaths. We handle the legal fight, the investigation, the insurance negotiations, the depositions, and if necessary the trial, so that your family can focus on what matters.
These cases are the most consequential we handle. We treat them accordingly.
Why legal support matters for grieving families.
Insurance companies begin managing their exposure immediately after a fatal incident. Without an experienced trial attorney, families are often approached while still in shock, before they know what the case is worth or what rights they hold. Having our team on your side means:
Protecting your family's rights before critical evidence is lost
Handling all contact with insurers, adjusters, and defense counsel
Determining every party whose negligence contributed to the death
Identifying both survivor claims and estate claims under Florida law
Calculating the full economic and non-economic loss, past and future
Taking the case to verdict when settlement falls short of what is owed
The Florida Wrongful Death Act defines who can recover.
Who can file, and what they can recover.
Under Florida's Wrongful Death Act, the claim must be brought by the personal representative of the deceased's estate, but the damages flow to the survivors: a surviving spouse, children (including minor and adult children), and parents of a deceased minor or adult. Eligibility can become complex when families involve remarriages, stepchildren, or adoption. We map the full family structure at the outset, making sure every eligible survivor's claim is properly included and protected.
Wrongful death cases are won on the full record.
The facts that matter in a wrongful death case, the circumstances of the death, the defendant's conduct, and the scope of the family's loss, require deliberate, methodical investigation:
Preserving the evidence immediately
Scene documentation, surveillance footage, vehicle data, medical records, and communications, secured before defendants and their insurers can shape the narrative.
Establishing causation and liability
Working with accident reconstructionists, medical experts, and safety specialists to prove exactly how the death occurred and who bears responsibility.
Documenting the human loss
Economic projections, vocational analysis, testimony from family members, and life-expectancy evidence to make the jury understand the full scope of what was taken.
Structuring the claim correctly
Survivor claims and estate claims have different beneficiaries and different recoverable elements under Florida law. We structure both from the outset so nothing is left on the table.
Survivor and estate damages are distinct.
Florida law separates what the survivors recover from what the estate recovers. Understanding both is essential to maximizing the family's total claim.
- Loss of support and services the deceased provided
- Loss of companionship and protection (spouse)
- Mental pain and suffering of surviving family members
- Loss of parental guidance, instruction, and nurturing (minor children)
- Medical and funeral expenses paid by survivors
- Lost earnings and net accumulations the decedent would have earned
- Medical expenses incurred before death
- Funeral and burial expenses
- Pain and suffering of the decedent before death
In cases involving drunk drivers, grossly negligent employers, or intentional acts, we also pursue punitive damages, which are designed to punish the responsible party and can substantially increase the total recovery.
Time is the one thing you cannot recover.
Florida's Wrongful Death Act gives survivors two years from the date of death to file suit. In cases involving commercial vehicles, medical institutions, or government entities, additional notice requirements and shorter windows may apply. Beyond the statute, the practical reality is this: evidence disappears, witnesses move on, and defendants begin protecting themselves immediately.
We offer free, confidential consultations around the clock. If we take your family's case, you owe us nothing unless we win. Call us now, while the record can still be built.
A record built case by case.
A selection of verdicts and settlements from this area of our practice. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome, every case is decided on its own facts.