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Re Chase [1989] 1 NZLR 325 is a cited case regarding civil claims being barred by ACC.[1]
| Re Chase | |
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| Court | Court of Appeal of New Zealand |
| Full case name | Public Trustee as administrator of the estate of Paul Chase, deceased v The Attorney-General sued on behalf of the Police |
| Decided | 22 September 1988 |
| Citation | [1989] 1 NZLR 325 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Cooke P, Somers J, Henry J |
Paul Chase was a patched member of the Petone Mongrel Mob, and he was with a fellow gang member who were accused of discharging a firearm inside a Lower Hutt tavern frequented by a rival gang.
As the result of Chase being implicated in a gang related shooting, the police arranged a dawn entry into his apartment by armed police on 18 April 1983.
Being startled, Chase thought a rival gang was trying to break into his house, and to defend himself, he approached the police with a weight bar, which the armed officers mistook for a gun barrel and shot him dead.[2][3]
Barred by ACC law in suing for damages, his estate sued for exemplary damages.
The court refused to award damages