Tompkins v Port Line Limited - [1954] NZLR 471

Workers' Compensation — Accident arising out of and in the Course of the Employment — Hernia — Worker suffering Clinical Hernia for First Time as result of Accident — Worker resuming Work and continuing Work until able to get into Hospital for Operation Ten Months later — Hernia "of disabling character" — Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 1943, s 6 (1) (a) (i).