22 Jul 2016
ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION v J [2016] NZHC 1683
- Citation
- [2016] 3 NZLR 551
- Court
- High Court
Appeal allowed: weekly compensation for loss of earnings is not payable for childcare obligations after a covered pregnancy has resolved; entitlement depends on incapacity caused by the physical or mental effects of the covered personal injury and ceases when those effects end, so the District Court erred in extending cover to child-rearing obligations.
- Weekly compensation
- Personal injury definition
- Pregnancy following failed sterilisation
- Entitlement to loss of earnings
- Causation under s 103(2)