How to use this worksheet
Use it to organize facts and documents before an attorney review. It does not determine whether malpractice occurred and should not delay medical care or urgent legal advice about a deadline.
Wrongful Death Intake tasks
- ☐ Collect final treatment records.
- ☐ Obtain death certificate.
- ☐ Ask counsel whether an autopsy report or pathology is important.
- ☐ Identify estate or personal-representative documents.
- ☐ List surviving family members and dependency relationships.
- ☐ Collect funeral and relevant financial-support records.
- ☐ Build a timeline of final treatment and death.
- ☐ Ask counsel to evaluate both malpractice and wrongful-death deadlines.
Tracking table
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Keep sensitive information private
Do not place Social Security numbers, account passwords, full medical-record sets, or other unnecessary sensitive data into a worksheet that might be emailed or shared casually. A lawyer can tell you what documents are appropriate to send.
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Reliable starting sources
Use primary or authoritative sources for medical records, legal definitions, licensing, and state-specific rules. General pages cannot calculate a filing deadline or decide whether malpractice occurred.