29 Aug 2014
Cowley v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2014] NZACC 197
- Court
- District Court
The appellant's rehabilitation was incomplete and there was insufficient medical evidence to conclude he was likely to achieve vocational independence; the VIMA was fatally flawed because it failed to consider the records and investigations of all covered injuries and did not properly assess the nature and impact of pain or reconcile how the appellant could increase from part-time to 30+ hours; accordingly the Corporation's decision was set aside.