Funnily enough, I was going to *mention NZ, because you do things differently to other common law countries.
You have the NZ Accident Compensation Scheme. While the scheme has its problems, the criticism of, say, the US, UK, Canada, etc, does not quite apply to NZ. The NZ AC Corporation will pay victims of personal injury until they are recovered (if they recover) and will try to help with physio, etc, and help people get back to work. Since that scheme was implemented, ordinary tort law does not apply to most personal injury claims. (Personal injury torts may have been abolished completely, but I’m unsure if there are some that are not covered by the scheme. At one time only physical personal injuries were covered, but psychiatric harm is also covered now.)
I wonder if this means people in NZ do not have to worry about hurting others during a rescue? (Because nobody is going to get sued for negligence, anyway.)
Thanks for the answer. I’m from NZ and usually I see bystanders help other people when they’re in trouble.
I do follow r/Sino, not r/China but sometimes it pops up on my feed.
Funnily enough, I was going to *mention NZ, because you do things differently to other common law countries.
You have the NZ Accident Compensation Scheme. While the scheme has its problems, the criticism of, say, the US, UK, Canada, etc, does not quite apply to NZ. The NZ AC Corporation will pay victims of personal injury until they are recovered (if they recover) and will try to help with physio, etc, and help people get back to work. Since that scheme was implemented, ordinary tort law does not apply to most personal injury claims. (Personal injury torts may have been abolished completely, but I’m unsure if there are some that are not covered by the scheme. At one time only physical personal injuries were covered, but psychiatric harm is also covered now.)
I wonder if this means people in NZ do not have to worry about hurting others during a rescue? (Because nobody is going to get sued for negligence, anyway.)