Desirae Garrison-Jones killed in crash on W Badger Rd in Lynden on Oct 4

A Whatcom County man has been sentenced to almost two years in prison for causing a crash that killed a teenage girl in October on West Badger Road. Twenty-one-year-old Curtis Guerrero-Marquez says he was racing another car when his car flipped and hit a utility pole. Eighteen-year-old Desirae Diamond Garrison-Jones of Lynden was a passenger, she died at the scene. Guerrero-Marquez pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide.

What money damages are recoverable in a death claim?

Every death from an accident is tragic. When a death is the result of someone else’s negligence, certain survivors may make a wrongful death claim against those responsible. Close relatives may recover monetary damages for the loss of financial support, as well as for medical, funeral, and burial expenses, lost earnings, and in some cases for pain, suffering, and loss of love and affection. Learn more about wrongful death claims here…