I have a few questions about aftermath of accidents.
I am not directly involved. My mother-in-law handles the case for our family so far.
My wife’s father and sister had an accident. A car hit their scooter turning right. Driver claimed he did not see them. The police determined the fault was with the car driver.
Sister had minor injuries. Big scratches on leg and hand from the fall. FIL (father-in-law) had serious injuries. His fibula (thinner bone lower leg) was badly broken. He had surgery and metal is now in his leg, holding it together to heal. He was a week in hospital. The cost for hospital was covered by our special accident insurance so far. He got a private room and could choose more expensive treatment. The doctor implied if we chose the more expensive option, then he can do surgery immediately, otherwise he had to wait 
. He got expensive powder applied to the bone, which makes healing better and faster. More than 100k so far covered by our accident insurance. I guess our insurance will claim those cost back from the other party’s insurance.
Now comes the hard part. FIL works in Vietnam and was back on holiday. It will be harder to prove how much he is making. Now he will be out for at least 90 days. There is a possibility that he will be let go. Also his job requires quite a lot of walking. So this injury might make him not able to do this job in the future. He is besides me the breadwinner for the family. So a long legal battle will strain my finances for years as I now have to support a family of seven (wife and my 2 kids included).
Any suggestions on how much is reasonable to demand in such a situation when we go to mediation/court?
How long does it take if you go all the way?
The other party was already asking for pity: “The man is hard working and trying to feed his family. Don’t sue us for too much.” 