A
"claimant" is someone who makes a demand or asks for something that they believe they are entitled to, usually in a legal or formal setting.
Full definition
She has acted
for claimants in actions against major banks and has also defended both companies and individuals in high profile misrepresentation cases, involving serious allegations of fraud.
The lack of any financial incentive for
claimants in ensuring costs in bringing a claim are reasonable.
We frequently read of negligent suits brought on
by claimants who contend they were injured in some way by an accused subject whose owed duty of care was not upheld.
Unfortunately, many auto insurance companies try to take advantage of
claimants who do not have counsel.
We work
with claimants from around the world, funding a broad range of commercial litigation and arbitration cases.
But, in this case, it was unacceptable for the government to «pull the plug»
on claimants who were well into the process.
However, the government is willing to continue to negotiate with a native
title claimant group while such evidence is being gathered.
In contrast, the negotiation model assumes the right of
claimant groups to a negotiated outcome based on their traditional connection to country.
For
claimants from designated countries of origin, the reduction in processing times from the current average is 96 % instead of 85 %.
Keep in mind insurance companies love when
injury claimants don't have attorneys.
And so begins an attempt to link the actions of a few with benefit
claimants as a whole.
The reduction in the wait period is largely pointless
if claimants are driven into poverty before they're even accepted onto the benefit - and given no in - person help whatsoever.
This personal injury
claimant did not accept a reasonable offer to settle and the award at trial was significantly less than the offer.
First, stripping refugees and
refugee claimants of basic, essential health care coverage does not save public money, it simply shifts the costs to the provinces.
Nearly half of
benefit claimants hit by the cap on welfare payments are now doing more to find work, according to a poll.
For compensation for loss of income it is necessary to get a letter from employer stating client's position at time of injury, income and the period for
which claimant missed work.
In the «opt - out» system,
where claimants are in the case unless they take the initiative to remove themselves, most do not even know they are litigants.
An expertise in this area of the law is obtained through years of training and representing
claimants suffering neck injury at all stages of their case.
In fact this has resulted in the once impossible, law firms, well at least in this case, have begun to
represent claimants against the banks.
Developed and wrote decision explaining ruling and informed interested parties of results; participated in court proceedings
against claimants attempting to obtain benefits through fraud.
Every personal injury lawyer,
whether claimant or defendant, will have a tale of claims for paper cuts or the unfortunate person who managed to sustain separate injuries to each of their digits.
It works out very well for insurance companies
when claimants accept token settlements; sign off early or just give up.
The injury
claimant alleges various soft tissue injuries and neurological or psychological injuries and was seen by one doctor for the defendant.
We are dedicated solely to helping
injured claimants receive the compensation they deserve.
Provides payroll administration services for
claimants receiving payments from outside of company systems.
The «discount rate» used to calculate damages for future losses in personal injury claims could be increased because
claimants make riskier investments than previously thought.
It shows that law firms can still assist
potential claimants even where they may be struggling to bring claims due to an inability to fund the litigation.
A concern now is that the fees claimed by
claimant lawyers may be disproportionate in respect of lower value claims.
The bill would also
require claimants to show substantial harm, corporate bodies to show financial loss and encourage the speedy settlement of disputes without recourse to costly litigation.
The reforms prevent the recovery of success fees and insurance premiums paid by
successful claimants to unsuccessful defendants.
But genuine
claimants need and deserve to be provided with full compensation payments which meet their individual requirements.
Some rogue
claimant solicitors continue to present fraudulent claims — claims where they have no instruction, where there is no personal injury or even an accident.
Many claimants in administrative regimes are self - represented and already face multiple barriers to accessing justice.
These are mostly cases that are settled
between claimants and insurers with the result that the State agencies do not learn what the outcome is.
This will partly depend on a better supply of medical information, and to
allow claimants to undergo further treatment to get this.
BC is expected to make the same demand of
other claimants in the context of the treaty process in that province.
The most expensive course would be only imposing the tax credit cuts on
new claimants - but the authors note that it would have the «least social and political cost».
And after a lengthy delay, more than 80 % of
claimants lose their appeals anyway.
Guidelines and tips to help injury
claimants obtain the legal resources needed to make the best decisions and hire personal injury lawyers right for the case.
Anyone the insured or the person entitled to the settlement (that
includes claimants) owes money to.