18 Dec 1997
Kidd v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1997] NZACC 269
- Court
- District Court
The Court preferred the expert evidence of Professor Burry (supported by Mr Talbot) that the appellant's ongoing symptoms resulted from soft tissue/inflammatory consequences of the 19 January 1994 twisting injury which rendered a previously asymptomatic degenerative condition symptomatic; therefore the degenerative change was not the substantial cause excluding cover under s.10(2)(a). The Review Officer's decision to cease weekly compensation was revoked and the ACC remained liable. The egg-shell skull principle applied to the extent that pre-existing asymptomatic degeneration exacerbated by…