New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Statutory cover

Legal area

Court

28 Jun 2005

Estate of McQueen v Accident Compensation Corporation

Citation

[2005] NZACC 190
Court

District Court

On the balance of probabilities the detailed and reasoned opinion of Professor Burgess, supported by the temporal proximity of death to the overdose and the Coroner's amended finding, established that the morphine overdose materially contributed to death; therefore ACC's decision denying cover for death was quashed and cover granted.
6 Aug 1999

Stumpp v Accident Compensation Corporation

Citation

[1999] NZACC 218
Court

District Court

On the balance of probabilities the Court found the appellant's non-employment exposure to irritants was occasional and not of a material/causative extent; workplace exposure alone was sufficient to cause his irritant dermatitis; therefore the Review Officer's revocation of cover was wrong and cover is restored.