[2022] NZACC 68 – Broughton v ACC (28 April 2022) [pdf, 233 KB]
...operation. If that accident merely rendered symptomatic an underlying condition of ageing and that was the whole or substantial need for the operation that would not be sufficient. In Gazzard (High Court Wellington CIV 2005-485-2388, 22 May 2006) Justice Miller held that a temporal connection was not sufficient, when the medical evidence established that cause complained was a function of degeneration rather than injury. [38] In Johnston,3 France J stated: [11] It is common gro...