16 Feb 2010
Johnston v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2010] NZACC 29
- Court
- District Court
Leave to appeal to the High Court was granted but confined to the single question of law whether the common law 'but for' test can establish causation for ACC entitlements where an accident renders pre-existing degenerative conditions symptomatic; the Judge accepted existing authority that degeneration rendered symptomatic does not establish compensable injury but allowed leave because the issue of law is significant and contested.