13 Jul 2012
Sutton v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2012] NZACC 234
- Court
- District Court
The judge concluded on the balance of the medical evidence that the appellant's minor traumatic brain injury caused cognitive dysfunction that resolved slowly and, together with personality factors, caused a persisting covered mental injury (clinically significant anxiety/depression) which remained a substantial cause of ongoing symptoms; ACC's decisions to suspend and withdraw entitlements were therefore unsupported and were quashed; entitlements reinstated and costs awarded.