15 Aug 2013
Lonie v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2013] NZACC 250
- Court
- District Court
On the balance of probabilities the appellant failed to prove that he suffered a personal injury by accident during 1980 military training that causally produced an enduring incapacity: contemporaneous records only reliably show a foxhole twist, no contemporaneous record supports the alleged 12‑foot jump injury, and medical evidence more persuasively establishes a pre‑existing predisposition and gradual process rather than an enduring injury from a specific accident; therefore ACC's declinature and the reviewer’s decision were upheld and the appeal dismissed.