van Soest v Residual Health Management Unit - [2000] 1 NZLR 179

Tort — Negligence — Medical treatment — Whether personal representatives of deceased can claim compensatory damages for personal injury — Whether person suffering personal injury from medical misadventure can claim compensatory damages — Whether next of kin of deceased who suffered personal injury by accident can claim compensatory damages for mental suffering consequent upon death — Accident Insurance Act 1998, s 396.