Motorists injured in car accidents may be missing out on their full compensation entitlements?
If you were seriously injured in a car accident after 1 December 2017, you may have lodged a compensation claim with the Compulsory Third Party (CTP) insurer of the driver at fault. The CTP insurer may have reimbursed you for your reasonable and necessary treatment expenses and a portion of your loss of wages resulting from the accident. However, after some time the insurer may have stopped your payments and notified you of their intention to close your file on the basis that you had recovered.
What the CTP insurer may not have told you is that you may be entitled to additional lump sum compensation for pain and suffering and loss of income incurred from the date of the accident into the future, if you sustained a non-minor injury and were not mostly at fault in the accident.
Being aware of these additional entitlements is vital to ensuring you receive maximum compensation for your injuries.
The relevant provisions can be found in Part 4 of the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017.
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