Pierre Palmade: a long legal fight awaits the victims


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Who will compensate the victims of the accident? On what criteria and in what time frame? What is the “price” of a life, an infirmity, a sequel? Decryption.




By Nicholas Bastuck

The scene of Pierre Palmade's accident, on the D 372 in Villiers-en-Biere, between the roundabout that leads to the Carrefour shopping center, and Perthes-en-Gatinais.
The scene of Pierre Palmade’s accident, on the D 372 in Villiers-en-Bière, between the roundabout leading to the Carrefour shopping center, and Perthes-en-Gâtinais.
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I’compensation for victims of traffic accidents such as the one involving comedian Pierre Palmade falls under the law of July 5, 1985, known as the Badinter law. This text was adopted when France had known, for several years, a real “hecatomb” on its roads (more than 10,000 deaths that year).

Establishing a specific legal regime for victims of accidents involving “land motor vehicles” (cars, motorcycles, snow groomers, etc.), the law aims to facilitate and speed up their compensation, by giving a hand to insurers.

Within this legal framework, companies are required to offer victims temporary compensation (provisional offer), within a short period of time (eight months), while setting up a medical expertise intended to assess the…




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