Adlam v Accident Compensation Corporation - [2018] 2 NZLR 102

Accident compensation — Cover — Treatment injury — Failure to treat — Failure to provide treatment in timely manner — Whether emergency caesarean section should have been performed earlier — Whether failure to treat can occur where no observable indicators for different course of treatment — Departure from a standard — Whether alternative treatment could and should have been given having regard to the clinical indications — Legislative policy — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2005.