30 Jun 2015
Lynch v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2015] NZACC 183
- Court
- District Court
On the balance of probabilities the Court found the endometriosis was caused by surgical implantation during the 22 August 2006 procedure: the absence of symptoms pre-2006 and absence of endometriosis on targeted 2006 biopsies, together with histology from the 2008 hysterectomy showing the Pouch of Douglas unremarkable (inconsistent with DIE), supported a finding of iatrogenic transplantation rather than pre-existing DIE; accordingly the treatment injury criteria in s32 were satisfied and cover was granted.