30 Jun 2015
Townsend v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2015] NZACC 185
- Court
- District Court
The Court held Dr Schousboe's 2012 WPI assessment was materially flawed for failing to account for covered mental injuries (specifically sexual dysfunction and chronic pain as a mental consequence) and that, although Dr Bailey's 2014 report also contained a flaw in treating chronic pain solely as a physical condition, the parties had agreed to a reassessment and fairness required the Court to have regard to it; accordingly the 10 May 2012 decision was quashed, the review decision set aside and a new assessment of the appellant's covered mental injuries ordered, backdated to 2012.