Tsirakoff v Accident Compensation Corporation (Weekly Compensation) [2023] NZACC 148 [pdf, 331 KB]
...that Ms Tsirakoff does not have cover for a disc injury, nor is there clear evidence that she suffered disc injury in 1990. [97] I accept the submission of Ms Becroft that the premise upon which Dr Walls' report is based, therefore appears flawed. That flaw permeates the balance of his report. Dr Walls presupposes causation when he notes the lumbar fusion that Ms Tsirakoff underwent in June 2014. It is not clear whether he knew the Corporation did not accept liability to fun...