PAST MEDICAL EXPENSES
Past medical expenses (for hospitalisation and medical treatment) incurred prior to the matter being settled or finalised in court. FUTURE MEDICAL EXPENSES
Should there be a possibility of you requiring future medical treatment arising from your injuries sustained in the accident, the Road Accident Fund will issue a Section 17 Undertaking. A Section 17 Undertaking is an under
taking by the Fund to pay/settle any of your future medical expenses that are accident related. No actual cash amount is paid by the Fund. LOSS OF EARNINGS
loss of earnings is any income that you have lost, or will lose in the future, due to injuries you suffered as a result of a motor vehicle accident. You are entitled to claim for any money that you would have earned since the motor accident but which you haven’t been able to earn as a result of the accident. Loss of earnings is made up of “past loss of earnings” and “future loss of earnings”.
“Past loss of earnings” is capped at a maximum of R230 000 per year – this figure is adjusted by inflation every 3 months.
“Future loss of earnings” is the estimated amount of income that you will lose as a result of the accident in the future, and is capped at R215 320.00 per year– this figure is adjusted by inflation every 3 months. GENERAL DAMAGES
General damages is compensation for pain and suffering. FUNERAL EXPENSES
Funeral expenses can be claimed by any person who paid the funeral expenses of a person who died in a motor vehicle accident (except a driver who was the sole cause of the accident), subject to that person providing the expense vouchers and payment receipts. LOSS OF SUPPORT
Loss of support can be claimed by a dependent who relied on the deceased breadwinner to support him/her, where the breadwinner died as a result of any negligence of the driver of another motor vehicle. The claim amount is capped at R215 320.00 per year – this figure is adjusted by inflation every 3 month.
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