Getting paid "emotional reparation" from an accident

[xwhatsit]

OK. RWH is talking good stuff here.

$1000 for emotional reparation. Not for your hip, not for ongoing injuries, not for arthritis, not for potential lost jobs on oil rigs or whatever.

That $1000 is for emotional reparation. Scary nightmares or flashbacks or quaking fear everytime you see a motorcycle or whatever. Are you so terribly emotionally injured by the accident that you feel you need more than $1000? Serious question here, not taking the piss.

If not -- you certainly haven't indicated you're mentally fucked up about this, just worried about injuries and jobs etc. -- then there's no reason to dispute the $1000. What you are complaining about falls under ACC's duty to you. You need to ring up your case manager and discuss this with them.

If you're looking for some kind of lump sum for your injuries, then you're shit out of luck -- your original thoughts before you got the $1000 were correct, in NZ they don't do that sort of thing. Injuries and on-going medical problems caused by the accident will be compensated by the ACC.

[Boob Johnson]

OK. RWH is talking good stuff here.

$1000 for emotional reparation. Not for your hip, not for ongoing injuries, not for arthritis, not for potential lost jobs on oil rigs or whatever.

That $1000 is for emotional reparation. Scary nightmares or flashbacks or quaking fear everytime you see a motorcycle or whatever. Are you so terribly emotionally injured by the accident that you feel you need more than $1000? Serious question here, not taking the piss.

If not -- you certainly haven't indicated you're mentally fucked up about this, just worried about injuries and jobs etc. -- then there's no reason to dispute the $1000. What you are complaining about falls under ACC's duty to you. You need to ring up your case manager and discuss this with them.

If you're looking for some kind of lump sum for your injuries, then you're shit out of luck -- your original thoughts before you got the $1000 were correct, in NZ they don't do that sort of thing. Injuries and on-going medical problems caused by the accident will be compensated by the ACC.

I think this thread has done it's dash mate, we've covered all that needs to be said, just re hashing what's already been said.


We all know the system, yes ive made a complaint about getting a pathetic amount per week from ACC & there is nothing they can do, they followed the letter of the there own laws, I lucked out, it's just one of those things according to them.


Yes I have emo damage, seriously, not trivialised like you put it but genuine truama. Everytime a car even looks like it could pull out in front of me im freaking out. Every time I drive past the intersection where it happened im freaking out, even if there isn't any cars waiting to pull out. And no it's not a freaking out as in having a epileptic fit, it's the emotion's/thoughts/memories of pain that flash through your head, it's not pleasant.....you ever had a major prang before? Puts the shits up ya mate.


My original point was a $1000 is fark all, irrelevant of what country you are in. And despite the points some have made about the US etc where im sitting right now, I prefer there way because the ACC levy would just be replaced with insurance premiums. No the US system isn't perfect but neither is ours. At least the victim comes out of it with a bag full of cash for his troubles