[2021] NZACC 114 - Stalmann v ACC (3 August 2021) [pdf, 267 KB]
...ACC still have decided to reject the claim. [29] He says that while the appellant was awaiting the decision she had further adhesions in her bowel which resulted in two major operations in October 2015, during which her large intestine was disabled and she got a stoma. He says: My wife now has to live with a coloplast bag for the rest of her life, which could have been prevented if she had the assistance for the cost of keyhole surgery for the adhesions. [30] He also says:...