20 Mar 2013
Robertson v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2013] NZACC 77
- Court
- District Court
Leave to appeal was granted because the legal question whether an avoidable acceleration of an inevitably terminal underlying disease caused by delayed diagnosis constitutes a treatment injury raises significant issues of statutory interpretation and policy suitable for High Court determination; the presence of factual elements does not prevent the question being one of law warranting higher court guidance.