29 Sept 2015
Jamieson v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2015] NZACC 295
- Court
- District Court
The reassessment and resulting decision were correctly made by reference to the applicable AMA guides and ACC handbook; s377 of the 2001 Act, read with ss441/442 of the 1998 Act, requires combination of pre-1 July 1999 injuries and deduction of any prior lump sum percentage (the 25%), so the respondent's decision to assess 60% WPI backdated to 16 September 1999 with a deduction for the earlier 25% payment was lawfully made; there was no compelling evidence to overturn the medical assessment and the appeal is dismissed.