11 February 3463 Views psychological injury “Torrent of abuse” hurled at vulnerable worker: QIRC allows animal control psych claim A vulnerable worker has rolled a workers' compensation provider on its rejection of her statutory psychological injury claim arising out of daily abus Continue reading
10 February 2746 Views Cruise ship injury Royal Caribbean overturns sex assault suspect false imprisonment ruling A cruise ship passenger awarded $97,000 for being locked up for five days in a windowless cabin as the suspect of an on-board sexual assault must retu Continue reading
09 February 3094 Views metal fabrication injury Employer defeated: ‘trivial event’ not the cause of delayed onset severe pain A sheet metal worker whose delayed onset severe pain began several hours after the injury event has defeated his employer’s contention that his symp Continue reading
08 February 4173 Views adverse action Federal Court tops up injury damages with Fair Work compensation How can an employee who suffers psychological injury from bullying and harassment recover Fair Work compensation as well as injury damages? Continue reading
06 February 3626 Views car accident High Court rules insurers to pay all replacement vehicle hire charges, regardless of ‘need’ Up to now, insurers for a road accident vehicle-at-fault have resisted paying an innocent driver’s replacement vehicle hire charges unless the damag Continue reading
17 December 3475 Views psychological injury Overworked council man wins $1.3 mil for “flawed” performance improvement process An overworked section head of the Cairns Regional Council who was blamed for financial errors and subjected to an unwarranted performance improvement Continue reading
16 December 2662 Views Pedestrian accident Court awards tourist $2 mil for pedestrian accident; $900k for replacement limbs A German holiday maker struck by a car on a footpath when its driver lost control on a Noosa Heads roundabout has been awarded over $2 mil in injury c Continue reading
15 December 3442 Views Construction accident Chance & extent of future eco loss “low”: labourer wins $70k global award An appeal court has overturned a ruling that a labourer “not very interested in obtaining employment” was responsible for his own injury and that Continue reading
04 December 2795 Views aircraft accident QantasLink not Qantas: liability trap for passengers on other airline’s aircraft Can an airline that tickets a passenger for a flight under its name escape liability under air carriage law because the flight is conducted on an airc Continue reading
26 November 2284 Views Supermarket injury Shopper’s evidence “strains incredulity” on surveillance video view A customer who failed in substantial damages asked against Coles for an injury in its supermarket carpark has suffered the further indignity of having Continue reading
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