17 Oct 2011
Miller v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2011] NZACC 296
- Court
- District Court
The appeal fails because (1) ACC had no legal obligation to pay or contribute as the surgery incurred no cost to ACC (publicly funded), and (2) the medical evidence made it more probable than not that the June 2010 surgery treated a re‑tear caused by a subsequent incident (duvet twisting) not the covered 18 November 2008 injury, so the treatment was not attributable to the covered injury; accordingly ACC had no liability and the appeal is dismissed.