22 Aug 2008
Dickens v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2008] NZACC 192
- Court
- District Court
The Court accepted the later accredited assessor's finding of crepitation which produced an increased whole-person impairment (18%); because Dr Fulton’s original assessment failed to recognise the crepitation component the original 14% assessment was set aside and replaced with an 18% WPI assessment, entitlement to lump sum to take effect from the date of Dr Fulton's assessment; this conforms to the principle that an assessor's report will only be displaced by cogent medical evidence of error or omission.