Investigación y decisión de reclamaciones por lesiones

Explicación Simple

Si alguien se lastima y quiere recibir ayuda, su reclamación será revisada. Un grupo se encarga de investigar si la reclamación es válida, sin importar si el culpable ha sido atrapado o no.

Es como cuando llevas un plato a un jurado de cocina. Ellos revisan los ingredientes y la preparación para decidir si tu platillo merece un premio, sin importar si hubo problemas en la cocina.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan se lastimó en un accidente de tráfico. Aunque el conductor que causó el accidente no ha sido arrestado, Juan presenta su reclamación. Una persona revisa los documentos y realiza una investigación para determinar si Juan merece recibir compensación por sus lesiones.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 19.2-368.6 - Assignment of claims; investigation; hearing; confidentiality of records; decisions. A. A claim, when accepted for filing, shall be properly investigated, and, if necessary, assigned by the chairman to a commissioner, deputy commissioner or other proper party for disposition. All claims arising from the death of an individual shall be considered together by the same person. B. The person to whom such claim is assigned shall examine the papers filed in support of the claim and shall thereupon cause an investigation to be conducted into the validity of the claim. The investigation shall include, but not be limited to, an examination of police, court and official records and reports concerning the crime, and an examination of medical and hospital reports relating to the injury upon which the claim is based. Health care providers, as defined in § 8.01-581.1 , shall provide medical and hospital reports relating to the diagnosis and treatment of the injury upon which the claim is based to the Commission, upon request. C. Claims shall be investigated and determined, regardless of whether the alleged criminal has been apprehended or prosecuted for, or convicted of, any crime based upon the same incident, or has been acquitted, or found not guilty of the crime in question owing to a lack of criminal responsibility or other legal exemption. D. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the claimant did not contribute to and was not responsible for the infliction of his injury. E. The person to whom a claim is assigned may decide the claim in favor of a claimant on the basis of the papers filed in support thereof and the report of the investigation of the claim. If he is unable to decide the claim, upon the basis of the said papers and report, he shall or