8 Aug 2018
Ruz-Coveney v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claim for Cover)
- Citation
- [2018] NZACC 124
- Court
- District Court
The appellant failed to prove, on the balance of probabilities, that his Hepatitis C infection was caused by a specific personal injury by accident in New Zealand in 2001; medical evidence and lack of contemporaneous testing/records render any causal inference speculative and insufficient to meet the statutory standard, so ACC's decision to decline cover is upheld.