15 Dec 2015
Bissett v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2015] NZACC 381
- Court
- District Court
On the balance of probabilities the medical evidence established longstanding degenerative change at L5/S1 and the 11 June 2012 incident exacerbated and made symptomatic that pre‑existing condition rather than causing a new injury; therefore ACC correctly declined to fund the proposed fusion.