I was watching Damages (my favourite TV show) and there is a scene where Ellen''s father is about to be sued by a pedestrian he injured by the car he was driving.
Here where I live we pay a ''compulsory third party'' fee on our car registration (which goes towards the Transport Accident Commision) and anyone who is injured in a road accident gets compensation from the TAC to pay for hospitals, physio, loss of income, etc. Here you do not sue the driver for personal injury.
From what I gather from watching Damages, America does not have a system like this in place? I sometimes find this show hard to follow, so maybe I misunderstood that scene too?
Here where I live we pay a ''compulsory third party'' fee on our car registration (which goes towards the Transport Accident Commision) and anyone who is injured in a road accident gets compensation from the TAC to pay for hospitals, physio, loss of income, etc. Here you do not sue the driver for personal injury.
From what I gather from watching Damages, America does not have a system like this in place? I sometimes find this show hard to follow, so maybe I misunderstood that scene too?