26 Nov 2018
PV v Accident Compensation Corporation (Entitlements)
- Citation
- [2018] NZACC 183
- Court
- District Court
On the balance of probabilities the weight of the expert evidence (CAP, imaging reports and other specialist opinions) established the achilles condition was a gradual process/tendinosis rendered symptomatic by the 2014 event rather than caused by it; the appellant's surgeon's causation opinion was equivocal and did not outweigh the contrary medical evidence, therefore the need for surgery is not causally linked to the accident and cover is properly declined.