In traffic accident cases, getting the full amount of compensation you legally deserve is one of the biggest goals. Understand what cost item could be compensated by the at-fault party, and claim your damage in the right way and good timing.
A guest passenger has legal right to claim compensation to an at-fault driver when he/she is injured while riding on a car of the at-fault driver. Generally, the amount of compensation is not reduced.
Damages of business interruption is one of the cost items which traffic accident victims can get compensated. The specific amount of the compensation depends on to which organization you claim. There are three standards for the calculation: CALI's standard, voluntary insurance standard, and judicial standard.
When a traffic accident happens in Japan, who claim or pay compensation depends on the types of the accident. It's supported by two laws in Japan, and depending on accidents, different laws will be applied.
Compensation is mainly based on the actual losses of car accident victims. However, when it comes to human injury accidents or fatal accidents, consolation money is necessary for compensation. This article specifies the amount of consolation money for a victim left with residual disability.
Compensation is mainly based on the actual losses of car accident victims. However, when it comes to human injury accidents or fatal accidents, consolation money is necessary for compensation. In the case where a victim is injured, you have three standards to calculate the consolation money.
Compensation is mainly based on the actual losses of car accident victims. However, when it comes to human injury accidents or fatal accidents, consolation money is necessary for compensation. There are some standards to calculate consolation money in traffic accident cases in Japan.
Lost wages are calculated based on the actual salaries which the victim got before a traffic accident. If the victim did not gain salaries, the average wage is used for the calculation. You have to deduct interim interests from the calculated lost wages by using the Leibniz coefficient in traffic accident cases in Japan.
We explain what cost items can be legally compensated when you become a car accident victim in Japan. We raise specific cost items and their typical cost for compensation.
For calculation of the amount of compensation you deserve, you have three standards in Japan: a CALI's standard, a voluntary insurance company's standard, and an attorney's standard. If you are a traffic accident victim, you should use the attorney's standard.