12 Nov 2015
Umpierrez v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2015] NZACC 341
- Court
- District Court
The Court accepted the reviewer and the opinions of Dr Prestage and Mr Howie that there was insufficient evidence to establish a causal link between the 4 January 2013 covered lumbar sprain and the left‑sided symptoms presenting at the end of March/early April 2013; the 29 April 2013 letter, construed in context, amounted to a suspension under s117 and suspension was justified because the covered injury had resolved and there was no proven causal nexus to the April presentation; accordingly the review decision dismissing the claimant's application was upheld and the appeal dismissed.