O'Neill v Accident Compensation Corporation (Cover) [2024] NZACC 191 (26 November 2024) [pdf, 250 KB]
...standing rather than supine when the hernia reduces and any lump disappears. Inguinal hernias occur because of deficient connective tissue (collagen) in the abdominal linking due to multiple factors such as genetic, constitutional, nutritional and environmental of which smoking is a known contributor. [Emphasis added] Mr O’Neill’s evidence [18] Mr O’Neill explained he was standing at the back of a van. A colleague was standing outside the van. He was getting ready to lift...