30 Sept 1994
O'Flaherty v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1994] NZACC 56
- Court
- District Court
Under s.6(1) of the 1992 Act a compensable cardio-vascular episode must be caused by physical effort or physical strain that is abnormal in application or excessive in intensity; mental stress from verbal threats without qualifying physical effort/strain does not satisfy s.6(1), therefore the appellant's myocardial infarction is not a work injury under the Act.