16 April 3502 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 3265 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 3223 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 3864 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 3034 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 3106 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 2933 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 3952 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 3780 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 3750 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 4639 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 4278 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 3309 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 2988 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
28 October 3459 Views First Responders DV outreach worker awarded $1.25 mil for assault by client’s husband A worker who is harmed a consequence of their employment but at a place totally unconnected with it can often recover compensation for the resulting i Continue reading
27 October 3864 Views Damages Appeal court cans “she’ll be right” verdict; future economic loss upped x 3 A ruling that a seriously injured not-at-fault driver was capable of a return to work following a road accident trial has been rejected on appeal as h Continue reading
26 October 3650 Views nervous shock A white van but can’t say which one: Nominal Defendant pays $844k Can a motor accident injury claim against the owner of the vehicle suspected to be at fault for an accident also include a side claim against the nomi Continue reading
29 September 3461 Views Farm worker injury Horse breaker needed a bigger unit: inappropriate co-worker costs stud $1.4 mil Sean McCormick had registered his concern that the assistant with whom he had been paired in his contracted role as a horse breaker on a thoroughbred Continue reading
26 September 3661 Views train accident Train accident calamity: over-eager passenger dragged between carriage and platform A commuter who fell between the edge of the platform and a train after thrusting her arm between the closing doors of the carriage she was attempting Continue reading
25 September 3374 Views car accident Left unconscious in the back of hot car: does CTP apply to heatstroke injuries? CTP insurance responds to an injury compensation claim arising out of someone else’s negligence if the injury results from - among other things – Continue reading
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