6 Aug 2013
Slayman v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2013] NZACC 236
- Court
- District Court
The Court preferred Dr Waite's assessment over Dr Berry's on the substantive issue of the physical demands of the jobs; on the evidence (including the appellant's domestic capacities) the generic roles of car park attendant and ticket seller/lotto counter are sedentary/light and can be performed without normal use of the right shoulder (or by use of the left arm) for 30 hours per week, but the sales assistant role may require stretching and lifting and is unsuitable; accordingly the Reviewer was not shown to be wrong and the ACC decision of vocational independence is upheld in relation to two…
- Vocational independence
- Vima
- Vioa
- Expert medical evidence
- Statutory review and appeal