Public Liability
Personal Injury Law protects you if you were injured on public property or in a public area in an accident that was not your fault.
Under the Civil Liabilities Act 2002, you are financially protected if you receive an injury due to another person or organisation’s negligence or failure to take a ‘reasonable amount of care’. You must be able to prove that the owner or manager of the property or facility on which you were injured was negligent. The Civil Liabilities Act covers injury, loss or damage to property, economic loss, or death which occurs on public property or because of defective products or services.
Sometimes, an injury will fall under more than one Personal Injury Law
category. For example, if your employer sends you to the shops to buy
come coffee for the office, and on your way you slip, fall, and injure
yourself on the poorly constructed footpath, you may be eligible for
both Workers Compensation and Public Liability compensation.
Public Liability law covers a broad range of accidents in which you may be eligible for compensation such as:
- Slips and falls on public property (or private property if faulty workmanship can be blamed)
- Accidents which occur on school grounds, university grounds, or public recreational areas (parks, sporting events, amusement parks)
- Dog attacks
- Food poisoning
- Defective products or services
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