Lawson v Nowell - [1958] NZLR 582

Workers' Compensation — Hernia — Worker with Repaired Hernia suffered Twenty Years before Strain or Accident resulting in Clinical Hernia of Disabling Character — Onset immediately following Such Strain or Accident — Worker entitled to Compensation — Workers' Compensation Amendment Act 1943, s. 6 (1) (a) — (Workers' Compensation Act 1956, s. 18).