9 Mar 2000
Banse v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [2000] NZACC 35
- Court
- District Court
On the balance of probabilities the Court found the appellant sustained a physical soft tissue back injury in early August 1995 while lifting a bull and that repetitive heavy slaughtering work thereafter caused or materially contributed to a chronic mechanical low back condition; the characteristics of the employment satisfied s7(1)(a)-(c) and therefore the appellant is entitled to cover under s8(2)(b). The appellant discharged the required onus despite some equivocal medical notes and language difficulties.