20 Dec 1995
Sintes v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1995] NZACC 146
- Court
- District Court
The laceration was minor, healed rapidly with no permanent sequelae, and did not satisfy the statutory definition of medical misadventure under s.5; speculative risk of future disease does not establish present entitlement to cover, therefore the decision to decline the claim was correct.