19 Dec 2011
Aldrich v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2011] NZACC 372
- Court
- District Court
Even if there was a causal link between the initial surgery and the later symptoms, the adverse outcomes were ordinary consequences of the treatment or amounted to the treatment not achieving the desired result rather than a compensable treatment injury under the Act; therefore ACC was correct to decline cover and the appeal is dismissed.