21 May 2009
Smith v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2009] NZACC 95
- Court
- District Court
The Court held the respondent correctly applied the law by assessing only the injuries for which cover had been accepted, applying the statutory deduction of the prior lump sum percentage (17%) to the assessed Whole Person Impairment (14%) which produced no net entitlement to an Independence Allowance; any claim that additional injuries should be included is premature until those injuries are accepted as cover and a fresh assessment ordered.