Judge reinstates ACC cover for truck driver after Linfox back injury challenge

A New Zealand judge has reinstated ACC cover for a truck driver whose back injury claim was revoked after his employer, Linfox Logistics, challenged it. The court found the company failed to prove the injury did not occur at work. Judge Allison Sinclair ruled on September 8 that the driver’s claim was genuine, despite his ongoing personal grievances with Linfox. She set aside an October 2025 review decision and restored ACC’s original acceptance of the claim for a lower back sprain suffered on February 24, 2025. Linfox had cited CCTV footage and a witness statement to dispute the injury, but the footage was unrecoverable and the witness statement was not medical evidence. Medical tests showed no structural abnormalities, but the judge found insufficient evidence to overturn the original decision.