9 Feb 2017
Sidal v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2017] NZACC 12
- Court
- District Court
On the balance of probabilities the contemporaneous and early medical evidence (notably a July 2012 ultrasound showing no rotator cuff tear) and the detailed CAP and medical advisor opinions establish that the later identified rotator cuff tears and adhesive capsulitis are unlikely to have been caused by the lifting event on 16 April 2012; consequently the appellant did not prove causation and the appeal fails.