Where a plaintiff's need for gratuitous care services arises from injuries caused by multiple tortfeasors in separate accidents, the six-hour per week threshold in s 141B(3) of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) must be satisfied by reference to the need attributable to each individual tortfeasor's fault, not by aggregating the total need across all tortfeasors. A plaintiff cannot aggregate needs created by separate and distinct breaches of duty by different defendants to satisfy the threshold. This means that in successive accident cases where liability is apportioned, the apportioned share of care needs must independently meet the statutory threshold.
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