A Truly No-Fault Approach to Treatment Injury Cover in Accident Compensation

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A Truly No-Fault Approach to Treatment Injury Cover in Accident Compensation

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Victoria University of Wellington

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New Zealand’s accident compensation system is ‘no-fault’, meaning that New Zealanders are compensated for their injuries whether or not they can find someone to blame for their misfortune. However, until 2005, claimants injured while receiving medical treatment had to show either that their injuries were caused by negligence, or that their injuries were both rare and severe. The negligence standard was taken from tort law, and required the claimant to show that the injury was a registered hea...

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Date created

2013

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Upperton, Ruth

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/A_Truly_No-Fault_Approach_to_Treatment_Injury_Cover_in_Accid...

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Tort law / ACC / Accident insurance / Compensation (Law) / Torts / School: School of Law / Tort Law / Expanding Knowledge in Law and Legal Studies / Degree Discipline: Law

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