AZ v Accident Compensation Corporation - [2021] 3 NZLR 791

Accident compensation — Cover — Treatment injury — Claimant born with spina bifida — Misdiagnosis at 20-week scan — Lost opportunity to terminate pregnancy — Whether child born with spina bifida entitled to cover for injuries related to spina bifida — Whether physical injury — Whether failure of medical intervention “treatment” — “Wrongful life” cases — Interpretation Act 1999 s 5.