24 Mar 2010
Monk v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2010] NZACC 46
- Court
- District Court
There was no evidence that the lumbar puncture caused any physiological or other physical injury outside the ordinary consequences of the procedure; because no qualifying physical injury existed, the appellant's conversion disorder cannot be classed as a mental injury resulting from physical injury under s26(2)(c) and therefore does not meet the statutory definition of a treatment injury under s32; ACC's declination of cover was correct.