Originally Posted by
Homestar
Remembering though that under Australian law that third party insurance like TAC or its interstate equivalent is a no fault system as still covers people injured while in any automobile in any condition and if you sue for medical expenses of say $1,000,000, then all financial records for this are taken into consideration. Say Medicare covered $700,000 through standard Hospital stay and surgery and the TAC payout (or equivalent) would have been $300,000 then no further costs would be awarded apart from court costs.
Exactly this was discussed by a Lawyer on the radio last week and a claim of over $200,000 against a driver after these things were taken into account came to $10,000. Still not somewhere I’d want to be, and certainly not condoning illegal behaviour but just saying the figures don’t pan out quite like it shows. This isn’t America (Yet).
Bookmarks