What is Vehicular Manslaughter, and What Claim Would I Bring Against The Driver?
Our Vehicular Manslaughter Attorneys represent those innocent victims who were wronfully killed in the surrounding areas of Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena, California. Generally, through the negligence or recklessness of a driver of a passenger vehicle, when an innocent victim is killed, it is called a wrongful death. The family members of the deceased then bring a wrongful death action against the driver, where they mostly seek punative damages. Vehicular manslaughter is generally classified as a misdemeanor, instead of the more serious felony, in which the guilty party may be punished with up to one year in jail. Vehicular manslaughter is one form of involuntary manslaughter in which the death was caused because of the criminal negligence (person acts carelessly or with negligence) of a motor vehicle driver or because the motor vehicle driver failed to follow and obey the pertinent traffic safety laws. The vast majority of vehicular manslaughter cases in Burbank Glendale and Pasadena
