What Happens if a Loved One Passes During the Mesothelioma Legal Claims Process?

If you do happen to pass away, unfortunately, during dependency of the proceeding, Your claim does not die at that case. What happens is it converts into a wrongful death case, and the wrongful death case becomes an asset of your estate and it's managed by an estate representative. Estate representatives are typically loved ones, and they dictate how the case goes forward. They work with your attorneys and that kind of thing. Now that doesn't mean that the entire case goes forward. Some aspects of the case may pass away with you. Like, for instance, continuing medical bills. Obviously, you don't have continuing medical bills if you're dead, but the majority of your claim goes forward as an asset of the estate as a wrongful death claim.