QE v TA [2023] NZDT 791 (22 December 2023) [pdf, 91 KB]
...the cost of repairs. The issue to be determined is whether the costs claimed are reasonable to put QE back in the position she would have been had the collision not occurred. 3. If a driver damages another person’s car as a result of their negligence, they must pay the reasonable cost of putting the other person back in the position they would have been had the damage not occurred. 4. TA reversed into the driver’s side of QE’s car, causing some damage to both doors on that...