8 Mar 2005
Clark v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2005] NZACC 73
- Court
- District Court
The District Court accepted the orthopaedic specialists' evidence (Hopkins and Dempsey) that the 28 March 2002 incident provoked nerve root impingement which was the major cause of the appellant's ongoing symptoms through to December 2002; the appellant satisfied the balance of probabilities that the incapacity was causally connected to the covered accident and not substantially caused by degenerative disease, therefore entitlement to weekly compensation for the period was established and the appeal succeeded.