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1. [2021] NZACC 35 - Kinney v ACC (15 February 2021) [PDF, 202 KB]

   s 25 - Accident: s 26 - Personal Injury; Causation; Accident Compensation Act 2001. Respondent declined cover for lumbosacral discitis on grounds that there was no causal link between discitis and a covered accident. Outcome: appeal allowed.

2. [2021] NZACC 9 - Stryder v ACC (12 January 2021) [PDF, 164 KB]

   Treatment Injury ss 26(1)(c) 32 and 33 Accident Compensation Act 2001. Overwhelming weight of evidence that there was no treatment injury. Outcome: appeal dismissed.

3. [2021] NZACC 33 - McSherry v ACC (10 February 2021) [PDF, 241 KB]

   Causation; Deemed Decision s 48 Accident Compensation Act 2001. Appellant declined cover for disc herniation. Outcome: appeal dismissed.

4. [2021] NZACC 29 - Van Essen v ACC (9 February 2021) [PDF, 196 KB]

   Issue Estoppel; Causation s 26 Accident Compensation Act 2001. Appellant declined cover for regional pain syndrome. Outcome: appeal allowed.

5. [2021] NZACC 32 - Fisher v ACC (9 February 2021) [PDF, 184 KB]

   Measurement of Hearing Loss - Personal Injury s 26(1A) Accident Compensation Act 2001. Appellant declined cover for work-related hearing loss on basis that loss was less than 6% threshold. Outcome: appeal allowed, cover granted.

6. [2021] NZACC 31 - Reynolds v ACC (5 February 2021) [PDF, 206 KB]

   Causation s 26 Accident Compensation Act 2001. Appellant declined funding for lumbar surgery. Outcome: appeal allowed.

7. [2021] NZACC 30 - Knox v ACC (5 February 2021) [PDF, 187 KB]

   Incapacity for Work s 103(1)(a) Accident Compensation Act 2001. Declined weekly compensation. Whether appellant was considered to be an earner at the date of the accident. Outcome: appeal allowed.

8. [2021] NZACC 27 - Williams v ACC (4 February 2021) [PDF, 153 KB]

   Whole Person Impairment pt 4 sch 1 Accident Insurance Act 1998. No longer entitled to receive independence allowance because level of whole person impairment less than 10% threshold. Outcome: appeal dismissed.

9. [2021] NZACC 28 - Williams v ACC (4 February 2021) [PDF, 171 KB]

   Incapacity for Work s 103(2) Accident Compensation Act 2001. Declined weekly compensation. Whether appellant incapacitated for his pre-injury employment between those dates.Outcome: appeal allowed.

10. [2021] NZACC 25 - Singh v ACC (3 February 2021) [PDF, 138 KB]

    Costs decision. Outcome: appellant awarded $3,447.

11. [2021] NZACC 22 - Yeo v ACC (2 February 2021) [PDF, 196 KB]

    Vocational Independence s 109 and s 113 Accident Compensation Act 2001. Determination of date on which appellant no longer had vocational independence. Outcome: appeal dismissed.

12. [2021] NZACC 24 - Waite v ACC (29 January 2021) [PDF, 119 KB]

    Leave to file cross appeal out of time s 149 of Accident Compensation Act 2001. Vocational independence. Outcome: leave granted.

13. [2021] NZACC 23 - Muirhead v ACC (28 January 2021) [PDF, 214 KB]

    Work-Related Gradual Process Injury ss 20(2)(e) and 26(1)(b) Accident Compensation Act 2001. Whether appellant suffered personal injury that was a work-related gradual process. Consideration of medical literature around myofascial pain. Outcome: appeal allowed.

14. [2021] NZACC 15 - Johnstone v ACC (14 January 2021) [PDF, 158 KB]

    Earnings related compensation s 53 Accident Compensation Corporation Act 1982. Calculation of normal weekly earnings for backdated weekly compensation. Whether appellant seasonal worker or full time employee. Outcome: appeal allowed.

15. [2021] NZACC 8 - Stryder v ACC (12 January 2021) [PDF, 165 KB]

    Suspension of Entitlement s 117 Accident Compensation Act 2001. Claim for mental injury related to back injury. Provided an altered medical report. Outcome: appeal dismissed. Breach of duty to keep the Corporation informed about his condition.

16. [2021] NZACC 7 - Stryder v ACC (12 January 2021) [PDF, 210 KB]

    Incapacity for Work s 103(2) Accident Compensation Act 2001. Declined weekly compensation. Whether appellant incapacitated for his pre-injury employment between those dates. Outcome: appeal allowed.

17. [2021] NZACC 6 - MacDonald v ACC (12 January 2021) [PDF, 198 KB]

    Vocational Independence, s 70 Accident Compensation Act 2001. Lumbar sprain. Outcome: vocational independence satisfactorily established. Appeal dismissed.

18. [2021] NZACC 5 - Andrews v ACC (12 January 2021) [PDF, 214 KB]

    Weekly Compensation s 100(3) Accident Compensation Act 2001. Injuries as a result of a motor accident. Claim for weekly compensation declined by ACC. Outcome: appeal dismissed.

19. [2021] NZACC 4 - Ross v ACC (5 January 2021) [PDF, 268 KB]

    Vocational independence and ss 107-112 Accident Compensation Act 2001. Right wrist injury. Weekly compensation ceased. Outcome: decision of reviewer upheld amd appeal dismissed.

20. [2021] NZACC 3 - Judkins v ACC (5 January 2021) [PDF, 185 KB]

    Individual rehabilitation plan, sections 75, 77 and Schedule 1, clause 8, Accident Compensation Act 2001. Gradual process injury. Appeal from decision of a reviewer. Outcome: appeal dismissed.

21. [2021] NZACC 2 - Judkins v ACC (5 January 2021) [PDF, 183 KB]

    Decline of cover for a spinal injury as a work-related gradual process injury and s 30(2) Accident Compensation Act 2001. Appeal from decision of a reviewer. Outcome: appeal dismissed.

22. [2021] NZACC 1 - Sharma v ACC (5 January 2021) [PDF, 244 KB]

    Entitlement to weekly compensation - s 103(2) Accident Compensation Act 2001. Appeal from the decision of a reviewer. The reviewer dismissed an application for review. Outcome: appeal dismissed.