27 May 2021

ACC loses court battle over asbestos cancer victim

From Checkpoint, 6:16 pm on 27 May 2021

There's relief for the family of a woman who died of cancer, after a final ruling that she was wrongly denied money from ACC in the years before her death.

Deanna Trevarthen died of a cancer called mesothelioma and was declined ACC cover in the years leading up to her death.

Now, five years after her death and after a lengthy court battle, it's been ruled that ACC was wrong, and she was right.

Jordan Bond reports.

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