20 Mar 2013
Morris v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2013] NZACC 73
- Court
- District Court
The Court preferred the evidence of the treating surgeon (Mr Dalgleish) that the supraspinatus tendon tear was an acute injury caused by the 22 June 2011 event because MRI showed minimal supraspinatus muscle atrophy contrasted with marked atrophy of the pre-existing subscapularis tear; on the balance of probabilities the supraspinatus tear arose from the accident and ACC must fund the corrective surgery.