KEY POINTS
- The woman filed a lawsuit against her legal representatives following her quick consumption of RAF compensation within a twelve-month period.
- Professional advice to settle lower indicated the court found that she chose to look for additional compensation.
- The judge dismissed the case to show the negative outcomes that occur when people rush financial choices.
A woman lost her legal fight against her previous RAF settlement lawyers when she exhausted the entire RAF settlement amount during the first 12 months.
R218775.90 emerged as a settlement that Agnes Mokalapa accepted from the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria even after she received advice to pursue more funds.
The initial court demand from Mokalapa exceeded R500,000 even though she declined medical assessments which could have supported her financial claim.
The attorneys for her case testified she urgently wanted the money before she died since she told them “I did not want to die before spending my money.”
Court rejects claim, finds lack of accountability
Acccording to the lawsuit filed by Mokalapa against her legal team, because their provision of service failed to secure suitably high financial compensation. The court denied her inconsistent claim because she had received details about available legal options.
Medical care was accessible to her without cost so her statement about treatment expenses became invalid.
Mokalapa failed to succeed in her attempt to recover extra funds after her case dismissal thus confirming the importance of complying with legal guidance for claims compensation.
