8 Aug 2001
Ward v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2001] NZACC 218
- Court
- District Court
On the balance of probabilities the tribunal accepts the specialist musculoskeletal and rheumatology opinions (Dr Burry and Dr Tait) that the appellant continues to suffer features of a lumbosacral strain causally connected to the compensable accidents; those findings outweigh the orthopaedic opinion that attributes symptoms solely to pre-existing degenerative change, and therefore the respondent's decision to cease entitlements was incorrect and is revoked.