12 Aug 2016
Stevens v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2016] NZACC 219
- Court
- District Court
On the evidence and expert input the court accepted the parties’ agreed position: ACC reconsidered and granted cover for cerebral palsy secondary to hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from a failure to treat bradycardia (ACR 056/11 discontinued), and the court allowed ACC’s appeal by consent in ACR 185/15 because the dose and administration of pethidine were appropriate, pethidine did not precipitate the bradycardia, and its administration was not contraindicated, therefore the reviewer’s decision was quashed and the Corporation’s earlier decision reinstated.