05 December 2107 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 1525 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 2484 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 2086 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 2557 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 1366 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 1667 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 1729 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
24 August 1694 Views Factory accident Judge pans Dalby plant operator’s denial of hazard creation liability A worker who fell from a ladder while descending from the top of a 14.5-m high silo to land on a concrete slab below has won substantial damages from Continue reading
16 August 3603 Views Road & footpath injuries Real estate agents sued for open house driveway injury Can agents be held liable for failing to take adequate precautions to prevent injuries to potential buyers from hazards in homes they open up for insp Continue reading
06 June 2239 Views First Responders Employer directly liable for supervisor’s gut punch to junior staffer A court has ruled Queensland Corrective Services vicariously liable for injury compensation from a supervisor's gut punch to a Woodford Correctional O Continue reading
04 June 2307 Views aircraft accident Swedish families sue in Australia for parachute air crash defects The surviving family members of eight skydivers killed in a 2019 plane crash in Sweden have sued the Victorian manufacturer of the aircraft in a Melbo Continue reading
29 May 1766 Views Unidentified vehicle Hot pursuit of at-fault driver not essential for unidentified vehicle claim Is a road accident injury victim required in an unidentified vehicle claim to give hot pursuit to identify an at-fault vehicle in an attempt to read a Continue reading
21 April 2076 Views Cruise ship injury Full steam ahead for river cruise disappointment damages The New South Wales Court of Appeal yesterday delivered the (probably) final test case ruling relating to the 2014 Rhine River cruise disruption and d Continue reading
16 April 2173 Views Cruise ship injury Virus outbreak stokes cruise disappointment & class action sortie Damages for disappointment can be recovered when a consumer acquires services that are intended to provide pleasure, relaxation or enjoyment but don†Continue reading
14 April 2014 Views Farm worker injury Brain injured mechanic awarded $1 mil for farm bike accident A 60-yr-old motor mechanic who was thrown over the handlebars of a motorcycle he had just serviced and was test riding on a dirt road, has been awarde Continue reading
12 April 2109 Views Entertainment venue injury Venue liability for influencer bar assault stayed pending appeal A patron's injury compensation win against a glamour beachside restaurant venue and its security guard provider for not intervening to prevent a bar a Continue reading
11 April 2256 Views car accident Intoxicated reveller damages bar: how criminal must conduct be? An intoxicated reveller who threw herself onto the bonnet of a car has defeated a third-party insurers' arguments that such conduct barred her from co Continue reading
15 March 2027 Views Damages Pedestrian hit on sidewalk damned again by injury exaggeration A pedestrian hit by car on a Broadbeach sidewalk after a violent two car collision and then had a wall that the car also hit fall on top of her, has b Continue reading
13 March 2228 Views Damages Safety measures messages mixed: thumb injury costs firm $727k The idiosyncrasies of the concrete industry have been laid bare in the case of a truck driver who sustained an on-the-job thumb injury when manipulati Continue reading
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