18 Jul 2003
Accident Compensation Corporation v Arnold
- Citation
- [2003] NZACC 157
- Court
- District Court
The Court found no objective evidence of a compensable physical injury causally linked to the knee replacement; pain alone is insufficient as a physical injury under the Act; the opinions of neurologist and orthopaedic experts were persuasive and the Reviewer's acceptance of speculative opinion was untenable, so the Review decision was quashed and the original decline of cover reinstated.