McSorley v Carpet Manufacturing Company (New Zealand) Limited - [1967] NZLR 300

Workers' compensation — Assessment of compensation — Lump sum for permanent partial incapacity — Whether to be calculated on loss of earnings or quasi-schedule basis — Compensation on quasi-schedule basis much lower than that on loss of earnings — Grounds for calculation on loss of earnings — Worker's "former usual employment" — Workers' Compensation Act 1956, s. 17 (6), (7).