31 Oct 2014
Randall v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2014] NZACC 298
- Court
- District Court
The 19 June 2009 letter was invalid and is quashed because it operated as a s117 suspension dependent on a s103 finding without adequate reasoning or support from the medical and occupational evidence; the medical evidence did not establish that the claimant could safely return to her pre-injury work given ongoing wrist/hand gradual process injury, therefore compensation is reinstated and the review decision is quashed with a direction that the claimant remains incapacitated for work.
- Section 103 incapacity determinations
- Section 104 cessation of payments
- Section 117 suspension of entitlements
- Gradual process injury (carpal tunnel/repetitive strain)
- Evidentiary weight of medical reports
- Rehabilitation obligations