14 Jan 2011
Case v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2011] NZACC 3
- Court
- District Court
On the balance of probabilities the Judge found the appellant and the eyewitness credible and accepted there was a sudden traumatic onset of an umbilical hernia while lifting the bars; despite delay and limited contemporaneous records the evidence sufficed to conclude traumatic rupture caused the hernia, so ACC's declinature was incorrect and cover must be granted.