26 Jun 2019
Darby v Accident Compensation Corporation (Entitlement to Surgery)
- Citation
- [2019] NZACC 66
- Court
- District Court
The appellant failed to prove a causal nexus between the 2007 covered injury (or treatment for it) and the pathology treated in 2017; degenerative changes were present prior to the accident and the 2008 fusion did not materially cause the later degeneration such that ACC was obliged to fund the 2017 surgery. Appeal dismissed and ACC decision upheld.