New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Accident definition

Legal area

Court

8 Jun 2017

George v Accident Compensation Corporation (Cover Issues)

Citation

[2017] NZACC 62
Court

District Court

The appellant failed to establish on the balance of probabilities that he sustained a personal injury caused by an accident on 3 January 2016 because contemporaneous medical records and independent medical review do not support an injury or causation, therefore ACC correctly declined cover.
18 Oct 1996

Bree v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation

Citation

[1996] NZACC 115
Court

District Court

A myocardial infarction/cardiac arrest in these circumstances does not qualify as 'personal injury' or an 'accident' under the 1992 Act and is not a 'work injury' because the event was not caused by physical effort or strain as defined by s6(1); therefore ACC cover does not apply and the review officer's decision is confirmed.