07 December 115 Views All No grounds to suspect fraud: insurer must give up surveillance pics An injury compensation claimant who lodged her motor accident claim in September 2022 had a surveillance team assigned to her just one month later. Continue reading
06 December 78 Views Pedestrian accident Pedestrian on a road has same rights as a motorist A pedestrian knocked down by a passing ute at night on a dark country road has defeated a CTP insurer’s argument that he should have been walking on Continue reading
05 December 98 Views Entertainment venue injury Expert tradie does job; occupier liable for tragic injury 25 yrs on By what means can those injured as a result of negligent construction more than 25 years ago hold the premises occupier liable and recover compensatio Continue reading
29 November 159 Views Cruise ship injury Ruby Princess damages fail a playbook for disappointment damages asks Readers will recall that Ruby Princess - a Carnival vessel - sailed from Sydney on 8 March 2020 for New Zealand and returned on 19 March due Continue reading
13 October 495 Views Medical Negligence Spinal surgery gone wrong: patients in compensation push A spinal surgeon who was reprimanded in 2011 for unsatisfactory professional conduct is facing lawsuits from two patients for spinal surgery gone wron Continue reading
12 October 541 Views Construction accident Will never work again: court awards $2.8 mil for freak accident Does the occurrence of a freak accident imply that any resulting injury was unforeseeable? In March 2019 Kari Sivonen was helping clear a developme Continue reading
09 October 742 Views Entertainment venue injury Heavily drunk patron wins $12.5 mil for bouncer retaliation In what circumstances is a nightclub "bouncer" responsible for injuries to an intoxicated and provocative patron who he retaliates against to restrain Continue reading
08 October 334 Views Medical Negligence Catastrophic surgical outcome: hospital to pay up big Surgical misadventures in the case of infants can have devastating consequences. Sosefina Puletua and her husband had taken their son – around 3 Continue reading
31 August 541 Views car accident Car accident claimant holds back medical history; wins $285k Just how much non-disclosure of an adverse prior medical history can a car accident claimant comfortably explain away? Talitha Towell then aged 31 Continue reading
29 August 579 Views Cyclist accident Nothing done to avert risk; court halts $200k to injured cyclist In what circumstances can an injured cyclist recover damages against a local council for failing to remove an obstacle that creates a “not insignifi Continue reading
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