Satisfacción de sentencias por accidentes de vehículos

Explicación Simple

Si alguien causa un accidente y hay daños, esta ley dice cuánto se necesita pagar para que se considere que la deuda está saldada. Dependiendo de si hay una o más personas afectadas, se fijan diferentes montos que deben pagarse.

Es como cuando en un juego de mesa, tienes que pagar una cierta cantidad de puntos para salir de la cárcel. Si pagas lo suficiente, ya no debes nada y puedes seguir jugando.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan choca su auto y causa daños a la propiedad de María. Según la ley, si Juan paga 25,000 dólares, se considera que ha cumplido con la sentencia, aunque los daños sean mayores. Esto le permite a Juan cerrar el caso sin preocuparse por más pagos.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 56-9-480. Satisfaction of judgments; payments sufficient to satisfy requirements. Judgments referred to in this article must, for the purpose of this article only, be considered satisfied: (1) when twenty-five thousand dollars has been credited upon any judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one person as the result of any one accident; (2) when, subject to the limit of twenty-five thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person, the sum of fifty thousand dollars has been credited upon any judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons as the result of any one accident; or (3) when twenty-five thousand dollars has been credited upon any judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of injury to or destruction of property of others as a result of any one accident. Payments made in settlement of any claims because of bodily injury, death, or property damage arising from a motor vehicle accident must be credited in reduction of the amounts provided for in this section. HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 46-742; 1952 (47) 1853; 1959 (51) 567; 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 7; 2013 Act No. 47, SECTION 4, eff January 1, 2014.