Building Accident Claim Guide -- Claim Guide Series

Author: Chen Jinmu and Ji Cheng
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Perhaps by chance, you are unfortunately involved in an accident. If you are lucky, you may only suffer minor losses, and since you have insurance, you can file a claim with the insurance company (as long as it is not an excluded coverage item). However, if you don’t have insurance and are injured, hospitalized, or even if your relatives suffer disabilities or death as a result, how should you find the liable party, determine which items are claimable, how much compensation is due, how to calculate the amount, how to gather evidence, and how to seek compensation through negotiation, mediation, or litigation? When you are inevitably drawn into a lawsuit, how can you best protect your legitimate rights and interests? Or if you are a judicial officer facing the requests of parties in dispute and need to adjudicate fairly, how can you determine who is at fault? This book is specifically written to address these issues. Most of the authors are master’s or doctoral students in renowned law schools, and some are judges or lawyers with years of judicial practice, possessing extensive experience in both legal theory and practice. We believe this book can provide a valuable reference for you in terms of the operational guidelines and effective paths for claiming compensation. To facilitate readers’ reference, the book is specially designed in terms of structure and format. Compared to other books on disputes, the differences are as follows:
1. The chapters of this book are arranged in the chronological order of the compensation process:
① Overview of the accident, giving you a basic legal understanding of the incident
② After the accident, under what circumstances can you claim compensation (accident determination)
③ Disability assessment (this is a key basis for compensation)
④ Determining the (who is responsible)
⑤ Compensation items and amount calculation (helping you have a clear idea when claiming)
⑥ Evidence collection (gathering various relevant evidence can increase your chances of success in claiming)
⑦ What relief options can be chosen (paths to resolve the accident)
⑧ What difficulties may arise during the compensation process and how to resolve them
⑨ Finally, it includes relevant legal grounds for compensation and sample legal documents commonly used in the process.
2. We present the procedural aspects of compensation in the form of【Flowcharts】to give you a general understanding of the entire process in a short time.
3. The book strives for simplicity in language while providing vivid【Case Studies】to illustrate the issues. For some important questions, we include professional【Lawyer Comments】and【Expert Explanations】to help you better understand complex legal concepts.
4. We also provide professional【Lawyer Reminders】for some valuable yet easily overlooked issues, marked with a shaded box for emphasis.