29 Nov 2012
Tabak v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2012] NZACC 393
- Court
- District Court
On the balance of probabilities the appellant's high level of occupational exposure to plaster dust contributed to the development of her COPD (s30(2)(b)), and the court found that the risk was significantly greater for workers in that environment than for others (s30(2)(c)); smoking did not negate the workplace contribution given cessation in 1999 and worsening from 2001, therefore entitlement to cover under s30 established.