What are payments for damages?

• Coverage

  Mediation Decision of the Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency, Mediation Decision, Arbitration Decision

  Mediation Record of the Consumer Dispute Resolution Committee of the Korea Consumer Agency

  Decision on court medical dispute

• Application criteria

  This applies to claims, closed for the first time after April 8, 2012, for damages for medical accidents caused by medical treatment.

• Targets

  The compensation for, arbitration of, and files for litigation costs and delinquent fees other than payments for damages confirmed as being not received from the claimant are excluded from the claim.

  Delay interest in a court judgment refers to the portion which was accrued from the day on which the ruling was confirmed.

• When to claim

  It is possible to claim the payments for damages after the payment date specified in the mediation order, mediation decision, and the arbitration ruling/judgment.

• Claimant eligibility

  Creditor or agent specified in the arbitration Agent qualification: The legal representative of the applicant, the spouse, the lineal ascendant or descendant, the sibling, or the person who has been given proxy in writing from the applicant