New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Workplace injury

Legal area

Court

14 Feb 2003

Aulett v Work Injury Care Limited

Citation

[2003] NZACC 19
Court

District Court

Having heard and assessed witness evidence, the Court found the appellant failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that the two alleged workplace injuries occurred as claimed; credibility findings against the appellant justified upholding the insurer's revocation of cover.
9 Jul 1997

Bray Frampton Limited v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation

Citation

[1997] NZACC 139
Court

District Court

The court accepted the medical evidence that the worker had mild bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and that the worker's repetitive employment duties could have caused it; the limited, prior, unilateral car sanding was insufficient to account for a bilateral condition and therefore did not materially undermine the causal link to employment, so the review officer's acceptance of the work injury was upheld.