Accident Compensation Corporation v Calver - [2021] 2 NZLR 721

Accident Compensation — Cover — personal injury — Excluded — Whether personal injury had to be work-related — Ms Trevarthen died of mesothelioma — Disease caused by inhalation of asbestos fibres in childhood — Whether entitled to compensation — Whether personal injury had to be work-related — Whether Ms Trevarthen’s disease consequential on known events — “Personal injury”.

Statutes — Interpretation — “Personal injury” — Whether Ms Trevarthen covered for Accident Compensation funding — Whether her personal injury excluded — Whether personal injury had to be work-related — Whether Ms Trevarthen’s disease consequential on known events — Accident Compensation Act 2001 ss 20 and 26.