[2021] NZACC 185 – Jurisich v ACC (22 November 2021) [pdf, 340 KB]
...letter from his GP from 1999: This man has been a patient of mine since 1987. He has always impressed me as a hard working person who is keen to get ahead in life … there is no doubt in my mind that injury to this man’s back is the cause of his disability. [8] It appears that the original injury description changed and on 6 August 1999 it was described by ACC as a pathological fracture of the vertebra of the lower back/spine. It is ACC’s position that the cover for sprain/...