• Identify the decedent’s heirs, beneficiaries, and estate representative.
• Preserve crash evidence and all potentially applicable policies.
• Separate wrongful-death damages from survival claims where Montana law requires.
• Coordinate probate, lien, reimbursement, and settlement-approval issues.

Because parties, deadlines, and recoverable damages are governed by statute and case law, fatal-crash claims should be evaluated under current Montana authority from the outset.

Migration source: VictimsGuide Montana wrongful-death guide. Verify current Montana law and official authority before reliance.