24 August 2223 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 4503 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 2843 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 2940 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 2364 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 2504 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 2755 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 2559 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 2611 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 2874 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 2519 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 2825 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
11 March 2276 Views First Responders Ambulance trolley toppled by hole, $300k for public park fall Compensation claims for injuries resulting from a public park fall because of uneven ground usually go nowhere. If though the “uneven” ground i Continue reading
10 March 2723 Views Damages Laparoscopic error: trivial damages for gruesome surgical outcome The horrifying consequences of a laparoscopic error causing a puncture to a female patient's colon have been recounted in detail to a court only to yi Continue reading
09 March 3019 Views aircraft accident Seaworld helicopter tragedy must be a catalyst for law change Claims for injury compensation arising out of the SeaWorld helicopter tragedy face two major legal hurdles in recovering compensation. Firstly, the Continue reading
30 November 3094 Views Farm worker injury Tragic farm worker accident: employer’s fault or that of auger supplier? In what circumstances can the supplier of machinery that an employer allows to be used in an unsafe manner be made to bear responsibility for the inju Continue reading
29 November 3944 Views Mining Injury Miner triumphs over suspicion: court awards $1.95 mil for CRPS injury An underground miner who presented with what one specialist described as the most obviously fake condition he had seen in his 40 years of medical prac Continue reading
28 November 3653 Views sexual abuse Aggravated damages for DV & sexual abuse rate lower than for wrongful arrest A Gold Coast man acquitted of having broken into the home of his estranged wife and violently assaulting her has been ordered to pay her close to one Continue reading
27 November 2806 Views Logistics worker injury Handling unsafe weights at rapid pace: Aldi pays $160k for disc injury A supermarket stocker has recovered substantial damages for injuries sustained as a result of being required to perform her role of repetitious handli Continue reading
30 October 2520 Views First Responders WCQ whipped on compliance ask for NOCD particulars of negligence Are "high level" allegations - without particulars of the components of alleged negligence and causation pertaining to an injury - sufficient to meet Continue reading
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