16 May 1995
ABC v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1995] NZACC 55
- Court
- District Court
The District Court held that because the Corporation treated the HIV infection as a consequence of the original 1983 personal injury and recorded that subsequent contamination did not require a fresh claim, the appellant must be taken to have lodged a claim in respect of contamination (including Hepatitis C) before 1 October 1992 and within the 12 month provision where applicable; accordingly the appellant is entitled to lump sum compensation under ss.78 and 79 of the 1982 Act for Hepatitis C, and that entitlement is not extinguished by prior payments for the knee injury or HIV.