6 Oct 2010
Wright v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2010] NZACC 167
- Court
- District Court
Pre-injury earnings and the claimant's age are relevant to the suitability of work types under clause 26(1)(g) and s91(1A); five of the nine work types produced incomes materially below the appellant's pre-injury earnings and were unsuitable for a 62-year-old claimant; the authorized occupational and specialist medical assessors' opinions on four higher-income suitable work types were preferred over contrary reports, so vocational independence was properly determined but only in four work types; as a matter of law vocational independence requires only one suitable work type, so the appeal is…