Lawyers won't receive any significant additional fees as a result of the correction to the discount rate that is all about benefiting
the innocent victims of serious injuries.
Not exact matches
Last Update: 01/27/16 As we all know, drunk drivers cause car accidents and those car crashes often result in
serious injuries or even death for
innocent people who are the
victims of the illegally intoxicated driver.
If an accident does not result in
serious injuries, it frequently results in the fatality
of an
innocent victim.
The government and insurance industry decided that it would be best to have these
innocent victims of serious and permanent
injury submit their cases to a Court to be decided by 6 members
of a jury with no legal or medical training, instead
of having their cases submitted to an experienced and knowledgeable board or arbitrator such as the financial services commission.
There is no question that the insurance industry was right and was justified in reacting with furious anger to what was happening under the previous system, but the fall - out for legitimate and
innocent injury victims has been
serious and it does not fit with our society's values
of fairness and personal responsibility.