South Dakota Codified Laws 21-25B-6. Institution of claim–Written statement and receipt–Contents of statement
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A claimant shall institute his claim by filing a written statement of his case with the presiding judge of the circuit court in which the controversy occurred along with a receipt showing that the one hundred dollars has been paid to the health care services arbitration account. These statements may be informal in nature but shall set forth the pertinent facts and claims upon which responsibility or lack of responsibility is alleged, and shall specify all injuries for which the defendant is alleged to be responsible. The statement shall also set forth the amount of damages claimed by the claimant, including loss of wages and payments for medical expenditures.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 21-25B-6
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
Source: SL 1976, ch 155, § 19.