New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Medical treatment cover

Legal area

Court

27 Feb 2015

Turner v Accident Compensation Corporation

Citation

[2015] NZACC 41
Court

District Court

On the totality of the evidence, including the appellant's credible testimony, the treating surgeon's opinion, and satisfactory explanations for the delay and activity records, the court was satisfied the threshold was met that the right shoulder surgery was causally connected to the 20 February 2011 surfing injury; therefore the appeal is allowed.
24 Jul 2013

Sutherland v Accident Compensation Corporation

Citation

[2013] NZACC 216
Court

District Court

Applying the District Court Rules 2009 and the guidance in P v ACC, the Judge accepted the respondent's allocations for preparation and reduced attendance time to a quarter day; therefore the appropriate 2B scale award is $2,945 payable by the respondent to the appellant.