4 Dec 1998
Preston v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1998] NZACC 260
- Court
- District Court
Medical evidence established severe pre-existing bilateral osteoarthritis; the December 1996 accident aggravated but did not cause the appellant's ongoing hip condition, so the condition is substantially the result of disease and excluded by s10, validating the respondent's cessation of entitlements under s73; appeal dismissed.