N001583
Monday, January 14, 2002 11:20 AM
Victim Compensation
1) When Personal Representative files a claim they should be advised
of the amount of the award that will be offered and then elect to accept
this amount or reject it and proceed in other venues. Filing initial
claim should not waive right to file future lawsuits. This should be
waived only on acceptance of award.
2) Insurance policies as recieved by dependants and taken out on
private basis (premiums fully paid by the deceased) should not be
deducted from award as this penalizes those who had planned ahead.
3) Charitable contributions were made to dependents to help pay for day
to day expenses and should not be deducted from award. This was
originally stated in the government Presumed Economic and Non Economic
Loss Tables in paragraph II-C.
Individual Comment
Yonkers, NY