24 Oct 1997
Dessau v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1997] NZACC 207
- Court
- District Court
Medical evidence accepted by the Court established that the appellant had pre-existing mild osteoarthritis and that the marked deterioration and need for total hip replacement was caused wholly or substantially by the ageing process rather than the 1994 minor fall; therefore the statutory exclusion for ageing applied and the appellant was not entitled to cover or payment under the Act.