Accident Compensation Commission v Auckland Hospital Board - [1980] 2 NZLR 748

Accident compensation — Personal injury by accident for medical misadventure — Claimant had undergone a sterilisation operation — Unknown to her, the operation had been unsuccessful — She became pregnant — Whether she had suffered a medical misadventure entitling her to cover under the Act — Accident Compensation Act 1972, as amended in 1974, ss 2 and 5.