4 Jun 2019
Estate of Conner v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work Related Gradual Process)
- Citation
- [2019] NZACC 59
- Court
- District Court
On the balance of probabilities, given documented occupational asbestos exposure, the treating specialist's ultimate opinion that the pulmonary fibrosis was 'likely asbestosis', the absence of any family history supporting IPF, and the radiologist's inability to exclude asbestosis (despite some features suggestive of IPF), it was more probable than not that the deceased suffered from asbestosis causing his death; accordingly ACC's decision declining cover was overturned.